Unclassified road crash in Peterborough PE1 on 5 April 2019 at 09:45 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo, a BMW 1 Series and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough at 09:45 on Friday 5 April 2019. The 64-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 46-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Apr 2019
- Friday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Polo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59006, longitude -0.20581, in the PE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, PE1 4QJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019350851740
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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 with 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 2009.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough, 24 August 2009
1 m awayRef 2009350272209
Serious
Honda crash on a C road in Peterborough, 19 October 1992
1 m awayRef 1992351288592
Serious
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough, 27 January 2021
8 m awayRef 2021351017642
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough, 30 March 2011
9 m awayRef 2011350463311
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough, 10 April 2011
9 m awayRef 2011350493411
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough, 13 June 2001
9 m awayRef 2001350295401
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019350851740 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 2019.