A1 crash in Peterborough on 1 September 2018 at 15:00 involving a Nissan Micra
Four vehicles, including a Nissan Micra and a Nissan Qashqai, were involved in a crash on the A1 in Peterborough at 15:00 on Saturday 1 September 2018. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Sep 2018
- Saturday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Nissan Micra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63837, longitude -0.48951, in the PE9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barnack, Peterborough, PE9 3JG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018350324876
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2016.
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 8 April 2016
At the same spotRef 2016350059554
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 28 December 2017
At the same spotRef 2017350257899
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 25 October 1986
21 m awayRef 1986351305186
Serious
Lorry crash on the A43 in Peterborough, 3 November 1989
21 m awayRef 1989351350989
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 2 July 1984
21 m awayRef 1984351164284
Slight
Leyland DAF FT 95 crash on the A1 in Peterborough, 5 June 1996
21 m awayRef 1996350268596
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,386 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Skoda Roomster
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Volvo V40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Skoda Roomster)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 96, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Skoda Roomster)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018350324876 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Peterborough road accident statistics for 2018.