A14 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 28 October 2016 at 12:50 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
Five vehicles, including a Vauxhall Zafira and a Peugeot 207, were involved in a crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire at 12:50 on Friday 28 October 2016. All nine casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Oct 2016
- Friday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 5
- Vauxhall Zafira and 4 others
- Casualties
- 9
- 9 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23233, longitude 0.08359, in the CB3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Girton, South Cambridgeshire, CB3 0JX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016350127675
- 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
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 17 November 2017
2 m awayRef 2017350244191
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 5 April 1998
7 m awayRef 1998350190598
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A45 in South Cambridgeshire, 29 October 1993
11 m awayRef 1993350524193
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 27 December 2016
16 m awayRef 2016350146077
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 26 December 2007
21 m awayRef 2007350549907
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 2 December 2005
43 m awayRef 2005350610905
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Volkswagen Tiguan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 5: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (9)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 6: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mini Cooper)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 7: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Volkswagen Tiguan)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 8: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Volkswagen Tiguan)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 9: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Volkswagen Tiguan)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2016350127675 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 2016.