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A47 crash in Fenland on 4 December 2017 at 18:40 involving a Proton Gen 2

A Proton Gen 2 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A47 in Fenland at 18:40 on Monday 4 December 2017. The 62-year-old female driver of the Proton Gen 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Dec 2017
Monday, 18:40
Vehicles
2
Proton Gen 2 and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61688, longitude -0.02066, in the PE13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fenland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017350246990
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
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Proton Gen 2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Proton Gen 2)

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 2017350246990 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 2017.