Unclassified road crash in Peterborough PE1 on 27 May 2025 at 17:40 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough at 17:40 on Tuesday 27 May 2025. The 17-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 May 2025
- Tuesday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57715, longitude -0.21982, in the PE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the East, Peterborough, PE1 5GY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025351598931
- Council area
- Peterborough
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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, 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 April 2001.
Serious
Leyland crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough, 20 April 2001
3 m awayRef 2001350203901
Serious
Vauxhall Brava crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough, 18 October 2000
3 m awayRef 2000350479600
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough, 19 June 2017
5 m awayRef 2017350208634
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough, 25 April 2016
8 m awayRef 2016350066171
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough, 15 May 1998
8 m awayRef 1998350236398
Slight
Bedford crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough, 18 March 1994
8 m awayRef 1994350135094
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,222 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2025351598931 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 2025.