Serious B1086 crash in Huntingdonshire on 16 August 2011 at 08:07 involving a Mazda MX-5
A Mazda MX-5, a Toyota Corolla and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the B1086 in Huntingdonshire at 08:07 on Tuesday 16 August 2011. The 48-year-old female driver of the Mazda MX-5 was seriously injured and the 40-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla and a 3-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Corolla were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Aug 2011
- Tuesday, 08:07
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mazda MX-5 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.3701, longitude -0.03111, in the PE28 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Huntingdonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011350800111
- Council area
- Huntingdonshire
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Cambridgeshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1086
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B1086 in Huntingdonshire, 29 November 2001
32 m awayRef 2001350607401
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1086 in Huntingdonshire, 23 October 1992
50 m awayRef 1992351296492
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the B1086 in Huntingdonshire, 3 April 1996
108 m awayRef 1996350175396
Serious
Car crash on the B1086 in Huntingdonshire, 14 August 1983
117 m awayRef 1983351205283
Serious
Honda CBR600F crash on the B1086 in Huntingdonshire, 9 December 1996
117 m awayRef 1996350609996
Slight
Car crash on the B1040 in Huntingdonshire, 23 September 1986
117 m awayRef 1986351265286
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,840 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2011350800111 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Huntingdonshire road accident statistics for 2011.