A1 crash in Peterborough on 25 November 2013 at 17:17 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A1 in Peterborough at 17:17 on Monday 25 November 2013. A 34-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and a 46-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Nov 2013
- Monday, 17:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62299, longitude -0.45931, in the PE8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013353118613
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 September 1991.
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 10 September 1991
32 m awayRef 1991351243691
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 18 June 2025
34 m awayRef 2025351609477
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 25 January 1998
50 m awayRef 1998350040998
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 10 April 1994
54 m awayRef 1994350170494
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 5 May 2006
57 m awayRef 2006350197606
Slight
Volvo crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 8 August 1998
58 m awayRef 1998350385698
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2013353118613 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 2013.