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A1303 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 23 December 2016 at 01:39 involving an Audi A6

An Audi A6 and a car were involved in a crash on the A1303 in South Cambridgeshire at 01:39 on Friday 23 December 2016. The 18-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 2016
Friday, 01:39
Vehicles
2
Audi A6 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21135, longitude 0.18116, in the CB5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambridge, Cambridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fen Ditton & Fulbourn, South Cambridgeshire, CB5 8AA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016350166564
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
1303
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, 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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A6

    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
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    4,172 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: 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
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    25 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2016350166564 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.