A47 crash in Peterborough on 26 December 2012 at 12:00 involving an Audi A6
Four vehicles, including an Audi A6 and a Peugeot 307, were involved in a crash on the A47 in Peterborough at 12:00 on Wednesday 26 December 2012. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2012
- Wednesday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Audi A6 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61677, longitude -0.14474, in the PE6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012350599412
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 47
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 September 1992.
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the A47 in Peterborough, 3 September 1992
At the same spotRef 1992351241892
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A47 in Peterborough, 9 December 2016
3 m awayRef 2016350138514
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the A47 in Peterborough, 9 September 2016
9 m awayRef 2016350114832
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A47 in Peterborough, 8 August 2016
10 m awayRef 2016350094469
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A47 in Peterborough, 28 May 2007
10 m awayRef 2007350327507
Slight
Seddon/Atkinson crash on the A47 in Peterborough, 7 November 1991
10 m awayRef 1991351313091
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Subaru Legacy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Subaru Legacy)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A6)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
- 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 2012350599412 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 2012.