Unclassified road crash in Peterborough PE3 on 11 February 2023 at 12:27 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough at 12:27 on Saturday 11 February 2023. The 46-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle was 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
- 11 Feb 2023
- Saturday, 12:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Harley-Davidson
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57313, longitude -0.29554, in the PE3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the West, Peterborough, PE3 6SZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023351278771
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1260
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 1991.
Slight
Vauxhall Chevette crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 20 September 1991
2 m awayRef 1991351257291
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 6 March 1995
2 m awayRef 1995350114295
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 25 March 1998
2 m awayRef 1998350149598
Slight
Skoda 120 crash on a C road in Peterborough, 11 September 1990
2 m awayRef 1990351272690
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A47 in Peterborough, 2 December 2021
4 m awayRef 2021351156592
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A1260 in Peterborough, 4 August 2025
4 m awayRef 2025351630618
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Harley-Davidson
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,340 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 28 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2023351278771 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 2023.