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Fatal A1307 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 24 March 2017 at 03:45 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf crashed on the A1307 in South Cambridgeshire at 03:45 on Friday 24 March 2017. The 30-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Mar 2017
Friday, 03:45
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.22411, longitude 0.09043, in the CB3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Girton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Girton, South Cambridgeshire, CB3 0LZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017350167351
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
1307
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 September 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,395 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2017350167351 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 2017.