A605 crash in Peterborough on 19 December 2008 at 08:46 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A605 in Peterborough at 08:46 on Friday 19 December 2008. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 30-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2008
- Friday, 08:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55821, longitude -0.23101, in the PE2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stanground South, Peterborough, PE2 8SQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008350848208
- 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
- Rural
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 16 October 2008.
Slight
LDV 400 Series crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 16 October 2008
At the same spotRef 2008350369508
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 8 August 2000
At the same spotRef 2000350354000
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 1 September 2023
6 m awayRef 2023351351260
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 22 November 2021
10 m awayRef 2021351113623
Serious
Bedford crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 23 February 1996
10 m awayRef 1996350105296
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 22 April 2013
10 m awayRef 2013350152013
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2008350848208 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.