A605 crash in Peterborough on 30 December 2013 at 07:40 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
An Alexander Dennis bus, a Renault Twingo and a Hyundai i20 were involved in a crash on the A605 in Peterborough at 07:40 on Monday 30 December 2013. The 23-year-old female driver of the Renault Twingo and the 32-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i20 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2013
- Monday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Alexander Dennis and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55447, longitude -0.22747, in the PE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stanground South, Peterborough, PE2 8SQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013353180413
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 605
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 June 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 14 June 1984
50 m awayRef 1984351145484
Slight
Car crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 1 February 1986
50 m awayRef 1986351033586
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 6 February 1984
50 m awayRef 1984351037084
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 9 December 1983
50 m awayRef 1983351336283
Slight
Car crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 22 April 1984
50 m awayRef 1984351100084
Slight
Car crash on the A605 in Peterborough, 13 October 1988
50 m awayRef 1988351328988
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Twingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Hyundai i20
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Twingo)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Hyundai i20)
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 2013353180413 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.