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Serious A1139 crash in Peterborough on 12 September 2020 at 00:37 involving a Volkswagen Lupo

A Volkswagen Lupo crashed on the A1139 in Peterborough at 00:37 on Saturday 12 September 2020. A 19-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Sep 2020
Saturday, 00:37
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Lupo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53802, longitude -0.30312, in the PE2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Orton Waterville, Peterborough, PE2 5LH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020350980178
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1139
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less 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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Lupo

    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
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2020350980178 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 2020.