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A1179 crash in Peterborough on 16 December 2015 at 06:43 involving a Renault Megane

A Renault Megane hit a pedestrian on the A1179 in Peterborough at 06:43 on Wednesday 16 December 2015. A 30-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 2015
Wednesday, 06:43
Vehicles
1
Renault Megane
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57264, longitude -0.25583, in the PE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Peterborough, PE3 6AP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015350208915
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1179
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, 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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2015350208915 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 2015.