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M11 crash in Cambridge on 9 November 2018 at 17:50 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series, a Fiat 500 and a Volkswagen Eos were involved in a crash on the M11 in Cambridge at 17:50 on Friday 9 November 2018. The 23-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Nov 2018
Friday, 17:50
Vehicles
3
BMW 5 Series and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21146, longitude 0.0774, in the CB3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newnham, Cambridge, CB23 7PG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cambridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018350344210
Council area
Cambridge
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
11
Road type
Slip road
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
11

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 2022.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,926 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Eos

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat 500)

    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 2018350344210 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cambridge road accident statistics for 2018.