A15 crash in Peterborough on 18 January 2008 at 07:45 involving a Peugeot 406
A Peugeot 406, a Daewoo Nubira and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A15 in Peterborough at 07:45 on Friday 18 January 2008. The 59-year-old female driver of the Daewoo Nubira and the 22-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jan 2008
- Friday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 406 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6143, longitude -0.24839, in the PE4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gunthorpe, Peterborough, PE4 7GF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008350022908
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 15
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 1990.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough, 20 October 1990
10 m awayRef 1990351319890
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A15 in Peterborough, 6 March 2020
17 m awayRef 2020350938685
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A15 in Peterborough, 5 November 2025
19 m awayRef 2025351684370
Serious
Toyota Camry crash on the A15 in Peterborough, 4 March 2001
20 m awayRef 2001350115901
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough, 30 November 1989
22 m awayRef 1989351392689
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A15 in Peterborough, 17 December 1996
22 m awayRef 1996350626796
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Daewoo Nubira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Nubira)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Yaris)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2008350022908 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Peterborough road accident statistics for 2008.