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Serious B5321 crash in Lancaster on 27 November 1985 at 00:55 involving a car

A car crashed on the B5321 in Lancaster at 00:55 on Wednesday 27 November 1985. The 22-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Nov 1985
Wednesday, 00:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06048, longitude -2.81013, in the LA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lancaster.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985040BA1687
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5321
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, 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 1985040BA1687 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.