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A142 crash in Fenland on 17 December 2008 at 15:10 involving a Renault Clio

A motorcycle, a Renault Clio and a Saab 9000 were involved in a crash on the A142 in Fenland at 15:10 on Wednesday 17 December 2008. The 58-year-old female driver of the Saab 9000 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2008
Wednesday, 15:10
Vehicles
3
Renault Clio and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45738, longitude 0.06536, in the PE16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fenland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008350843508
Council area
Fenland
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
142
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1098

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 July 2005.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Saab 9000

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    2,290 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Saab 9000)

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 2008350843508 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fenland road accident statistics for 2008.