B5321 crash in Lancaster on 24 December 1986 at 10:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B5321 in Lancaster at 10:10 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. The 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 10:10
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986040BB1772
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: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
U-turn
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
22 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 22, 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 1986040BB1772 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 1986.