A15 crash in Peterborough on 31 October 2016 at 08:22 involving a Volvo V70
Four vehicles, including a Volvo V70 and a BMW 1 Series, were involved in a crash on the A15 in Peterborough at 08:22 on Monday 31 October 2016. The 46-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series, the 38-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 and the 36-year-old female driver of the Audi A6 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2016
- Monday, 08:22
- Vehicles
- 4
- Volvo V70 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64316, longitude -0.30916, in the PE6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016350125316
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 15
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2015.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A15 in Peterborough, 20 November 2015
71 m awayRef 2015350194715
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A15 in Peterborough, 15 February 1999
101 m awayRef 1999350074699
Slight
Chrysler PT Cruiser crash on the A15 in Peterborough, 9 August 2015
101 m awayRef 2015350124115
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A15 in Peterborough, 20 May 2015
111 m awayRef 2015350076015
Serious
Honda crash on the A15 in Peterborough, 8 January 1993
119 m awayRef 1993350010393
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A15 in Peterborough, 21 October 2009
121 m awayRef 2009350349509
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Fiat 500
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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 875 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Audi A6
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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat 500)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Audi A6)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
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 2016350125316 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 2016.