A605 crash in Fenland on 3 December 2016 at 07:04 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift and a DAF Trucks were involved in a crash on the A605 in Fenland at 07:04 on Saturday 3 December 2016. The 26-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2016
- Saturday, 07:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Swift and DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55173, longitude -0.18141, in the PE7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fenland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016350136568
- Council area
- Fenland
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Cambridgeshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 605
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 March 2021.
Serious
Hyundai i30 crash on the A605 in Fenland, 25 March 2021
8 m awayRef 2021351032313
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A605 in Fenland, 21 January 1994
10 m awayRef 1994350037494
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A605 in Fenland, 25 November 1993
10 m awayRef 1993350584093
Serious
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A605 in Fenland, 7 October 1991
10 m awayRef 1991351276191
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A605 in Fenland, 10 December 1999
10 m awayRef 1999350569799
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A605 in Fenland, 8 December 2006
13 m awayRef 2006350573306
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,328 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Other vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016350136568 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.