Fatal B1040 crash in Fenland on 18 February 2019 at 11:39 involving a Nissan X-Trail
A Nissan X-Trail and a Honda HR-V were involved in a crash on the B1040 in Fenland at 11:39 on Monday 18 February 2019. The 76-year-old female driver of the Honda HR-V was killed and the 51-year-old female driver of the Nissan X-Trail was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 18 Feb 2019
- Monday, 11:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan X-Trail and Honda HR-V
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53636, longitude -0.13705, in the PE7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fenland
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019350817828
- Council area
- Fenland
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Cambridgeshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1040
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 1994.
Slight
TVR crash on the B1040 in Fenland, 14 May 1994
5 m awayRef 1994350221894
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the B1040 in Fenland, 22 February 2012
15 m awayRef 2012350086412
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B1040 in Fenland, 29 October 1992
25 m awayRef 1992351302692
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B1040 in Fenland, 18 September 2010
28 m awayRef 2010352259710
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B1040 in Fenland, 28 April 1996
55 m awayRef 1996350209696
Fatal
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1040 in Fenland, 27 April 2014
55 m awayRef 2014350056314
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan X-Trail
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda HR-V
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan X-Trail)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda HR-V)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2019350817828 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 2019.