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A14 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 29 November 2008 at 15:39 involving a Saab 9-3

A Saab 9-3 crashed on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire at 15:39 on Saturday 29 November 2008. The 37-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Nov 2008
Saturday, 15:39
Vehicles
1
Saab 9-3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25947, longitude 0.01835, in the CB23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bar Hill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bar Hill, South Cambridgeshire, CB23 8EU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008350818508
Council area
South Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
14
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

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 serious injury crash on 15 April 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 9-3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 9-3)

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 2008350818508 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Cambridgeshire road accident statistics for 2008.