Serious unclassified road crash in Fenland PE13 on 16 November 2016 at 17:55 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Mazda 6 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Fenland at 17:55 on Wednesday 16 November 2016. There were six casualties: four people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Nov 2016
- Wednesday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Mazda 6
- Casualties
- 6
- 4 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65652, longitude 0.02355, in the PE13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fenland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016350131223
- Council area
- Fenland
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Cambridgeshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1166
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda 6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,183 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 6)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SeriousMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2016350131223 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fenland road accident statistics for 2016.