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Serious A1139 crash in Peterborough on 6 May 2008 at 17:30 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry hit a pedestrian on the A1139 in Peterborough at 17:30 on Tuesday 6 May 2008. A 27-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 May 2008
Tuesday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59529, longitude -0.20973, in the PE1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, PE1 4QJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008350159408
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1139
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    11,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2008350159408 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.