A605 crash in Peterborough on 28 March 2008 at 20:31 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A605 in Peterborough at 20:31 on Friday 28 March 2008. The 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Mar 2008
- Friday, 20:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5662, longitude -0.24249, in the PE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Peterborough, PE1 1ES area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008350113708
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 605
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 15
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 1999.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 5 November 1999
At the same spotRef 1999350498199
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 4 July 2014
At the same spotRef 2014350127114
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 16 July 2001
At the same spotRef 2001350361201
Slight
Mercedes 500 crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 10 November 1999
10 m awayRef 1999350512299
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 11 January 2004
10 m awayRef 2004350013804
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 18 July 2002
10 m awayRef 2002350362102
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2008350113708 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.