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Fatal A680 crash in Ribble Valley on 1 September 1990 at 02:22 involving an Austin Maestro

An Austin Maestro crashed on the A680 in Ribble Valley at 02:22 on Saturday 1 September 1990. A 17-year-old male passenger was killed, three other people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 Sep 1990
Saturday, 02:22
Vehicles
1
Austin Maestro
Casualties
6
1 killed, 3 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80877, longitude -2.3875, in the BB7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ribble Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990040FC1574
Council area
Ribble Valley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
680
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 July 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1990040FC1574 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ribble Valley road accident statistics for 1990.