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Unclassified road crash in West Lancashire PR9 on 18 April 1991 at 22:40 involving a Rover 800 Series

A car and a Rover 800 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lancashire at 22:40 on Thursday 18 April 1991. The 33-year-old male driver of the Rover 800 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Apr 1991
Thursday, 22:40
Vehicles
2
Car and Rover 800 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68342, longitude -2.91265, in the PR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Banks.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lancashire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991040CH0584
Council area
West Lancashire
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 800 Series)

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 1991040CH0584 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lancashire road accident statistics for 1991.