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A14 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 23 December 2015 at 12:09 involving a Skoda Octavia

A Skoda Octavia and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire at 12:09 on Wednesday 23 December 2015. The 56-year-old female driver of the Toyota Avensis was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 2015
Wednesday, 12:09
Vehicles
2
Skoda Octavia and Toyota Avensis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27326, longitude -0.01272, in the CB24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swavesey, South Cambridgeshire, CB24 4AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015350217115
Council area
South Cambridgeshire
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
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
14

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)

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 2015350217115 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Cambridgeshire road accident statistics for 2015.