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Serious A1139 crash in Peterborough on 31 December 2019 at 18:10 involving a Skoda Rapid

A Skoda Rapid crashed on the A1139 in Peterborough at 18:10 on Tuesday 31 December 2019. The 34-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 2019
Tuesday, 18:10
Vehicles
1
Skoda Rapid
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55524, longitude -0.22897, in the PE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stanground South, Peterborough, PE2 8SQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019350940980
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1139
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 February 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Rapid

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Rapid)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    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 2019350940980 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.