A14 crash in Huntingdonshire on 27 December 2012 at 16:03 involving a Ford Focus
Four vehicles, including a Ford Focus and a car, were involved in a crash on the A14 in Huntingdonshire at 16:03 on Thursday 27 December 2012. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus, a 58-year-old female passenger in the car and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2012
- Thursday, 16:03
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Focus and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.33685, longitude -0.21373, in the PE29 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Huntingdonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012350600812
- Council area
- Huntingdonshire
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Cambridgeshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 14
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2011.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A14 in Huntingdonshire, 20 January 2011
14 m awayRef 2011350124811
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A14 in Huntingdonshire, 12 October 1993
20 m awayRef 1993350491593
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the A14 in Huntingdonshire, 9 February 1999
28 m awayRef 1999350064099
Slight
Iveco crash on the A14 in Huntingdonshire, 17 July 2006
54 m awayRef 2006350317206
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A14 in Huntingdonshire, 19 May 2008
63 m awayRef 2008350175908
Slight
DAF Trucks Fad 85CF crash on the A14 in Huntingdonshire, 22 May 2003
67 m awayRef 2003350262903
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 63 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 4: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Megane)
- 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 2012350600812 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 2012.