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Serious A1198 crash in South Cambridgeshire on 28 November 2025 at 13:27 involving a Mercedes E Class

A Mercedes E Class and a Smart Fortwo were involved in a crash on the A1198 in South Cambridgeshire at 13:27 on Friday 28 November 2025. The 64-year-old male driver of the Smart Fortwo was seriously injured and the 71-year-old female driver of the Mercedes E Class was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Nov 2025
Friday, 13:27
Vehicles
2
Mercedes E Class and Smart Fortwo
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06745, longitude -0.03236, in the SG8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025351699043
Council area
South Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1198
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Smart Fortwo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    898 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Smart Fortwo)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 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 2025351699043 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Cambridgeshire road accident statistics for 2025.