A1139 crash in Peterborough on 12 October 2021 at 17:13 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the A1139 in Peterborough at 17:13 on Tuesday 12 October 2021. The 36-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class and the 26-year-old male driver of the Kia Sportage were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Oct 2021
- Tuesday, 17:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Kia Sportage
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55282, longitude -0.22907, in the PE2 postcode district. 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021351098972
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 February 1994.
Serious
Mazda 626 crash on the A1139 in Peterborough, 6 February 1994
11 m awayRef 1994350061494
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A1139 in Peterborough, 10 July 2009
19 m awayRef 2009350223809
Fatal
Car crash on the A1139 in Peterborough, 14 August 2005
35 m awayRef 2005350392505
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A1139 in Peterborough, 8 April 2000
38 m awayRef 2000350153400
Serious
Scania crash on the A1139 in Peterborough, 2 February 2001
40 m awayRef 2001350063101
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A1139 in Peterborough, 17 May 1994
43 m awayRef 1994350227294
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,950 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sportage)
- 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 2021351098972 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 2021.