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A65 crash in Lancaster on 29 August 1990 at 15:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Honda Accord were involved in a crash on the A65 in Lancaster at 15:30 on Wednesday 29 August 1990. A 48-year-old female passenger in the Honda Accord was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Aug 1990
Wednesday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Honda Accord
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.18324, longitude -2.56047, in the LA6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990040BA1269
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
65
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Accord

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,955 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Accord)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1990040BA1269 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 1990.