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A1307 crash in Cambridge on 20 February 2014 at 18:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra van

A Vauxhall Astra van and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A1307 in Cambridge at 18:30 on Thursday 20 February 2014. The 24-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 22-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Feb 2014
Thursday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.19883, longitude 0.12769, in the CB1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Market, Cambridge, CB2 1AD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cambridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014350042114
Council area
Cambridge
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1307
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
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Dry

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    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
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,422 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 2014350042114 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cambridge road accident statistics for 2014.