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Unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA2 on 22 February 1979 at 14:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 14:15 on Thursday 22 February 1979. The 65-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Feb 1979
Thursday, 14:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97837, longitude -2.76401, in the LA2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979040BA0268
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1979040BA0268 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lancaster road accident statistics for 1979.