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Serious unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA4 on 23 December 1991 at 15:45 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 15:45 on Monday 23 December 1991. A 75-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 1991
Monday, 15:45
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07204, longitude -2.86705, in the LA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morecambe.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991040BB1833
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1991040BB1833 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 1991.