A14 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 19 December 2016 at 17:27 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire at 17:27 on Monday 19 December 2016. A 34-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2016
- Monday, 17:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25229, longitude 0.03445, in the CB23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bar Hill, South Cambridgeshire, CB23 8EU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016350144051
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 May 2011.
Serious
Honda NT650V crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 3 May 2011
36 m awayRef 2011350558011
Slight
Car crash on the A604 in South Cambridgeshire, 28 November 1985
36 m awayRef 1985352245185
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 14 March 1999
43 m awayRef 1999350120999
Slight
Rover 45 crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 9 June 2014
45 m awayRef 2014350099214
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 29 July 2016
49 m awayRef 2016350103296
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A14 in South Cambridgeshire, 7 November 2025
52 m awayRef 2025351674685
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2016350144051 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.