A141 crash in Fenland on 1 October 2011 at 11:51 involving a Volkswagen Passat
Five vehicles, including a Volkswagen Passat and a Ford, were involved in a crash on the A141 in Fenland at 11:51 on Saturday 1 October 2011. The 40-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Passat and a 50-year-old male passenger in the Ford 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
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2011
- Saturday, 11:51
- Vehicles
- 5
- Volkswagen Passat and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54902, longitude 0.06952, in the PE15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the March South, Fenland, PE15 0ZF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fenland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011350874711
- 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
- 141
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 February 2020.
Serious
Scania crash on the A141 in Fenland, 10 February 2020
7 m awayRef 2020350936875
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A141 in Fenland, 28 November 1997
22 m awayRef 1997350626097
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A141 in Fenland, 12 September 1982
22 m awayRef 1982351222682
Slight
Freight Rover Sherpa crash on the A141 in Fenland, 14 December 1994
30 m awayRef 1994350602594
Slight
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the A141 in Fenland, 23 September 2005
61 m awayRef 2005350471105
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A141 in Fenland, 22 December 2005
63 m awayRef 2005350656105
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Vehicle 4: Jeep Cherokee
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,985 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2011350874711 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 2011.