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M6 crash in Lancaster on 4 March 1985 at 00:05 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the M6 in Lancaster at 00:05 on Monday 4 March 1985. The 51-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Mar 1985
Monday, 00:05
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07198, longitude -2.77123, 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
1985040BA0282
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1985040BA0282 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 1985.