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Serious A1 crash in Huntingdonshire on 15 March 2019 at 15:05 involving a car

A car crashed on the A1 in Huntingdonshire at 15:05 on Friday 15 March 2019. The 65-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Mar 2019
Friday, 15:05
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56145, longitude -0.37511, in the PE8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stilton, Folksworth & Washingley, Huntingdonshire, PE8 6LU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Huntingdonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019350823771
Council area
Huntingdonshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    5,204 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    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 2019350823771 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Huntingdonshire road accident statistics for 2019.