A605 crash in Fenland on 29 November 2017 at 13:24 involving a Ford Fiesta
Two Ford Fiestas were involved in a crash on the A605 in Fenland at 13:24 on Wednesday 29 November 2017. The 60-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 33-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Nov 2017
- Wednesday, 13:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55886, longitude -0.13328, in the PE7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whittlesey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whittlesey South, Fenland, PE7 1GA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fenland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017350247884
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Daylight
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A605 in Fenland, 27 April 2007
7 m awayRef 2007350172907
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A605 in Fenland, 7 March 2006
8 m awayRef 2006350100806
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Fenland, 20 May 2000
36 m awayRef 2000350220600
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Fenland, 8 November 2008
46 m awayRef 2008350403908
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A605 in Fenland, 23 February 1983
57 m awayRef 1983351054283
Slight
Car crash on the A605 in Fenland, 20 July 1988
57 m awayRef 1988351236888
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2017350247884 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.