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Serious unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA4 on 3 September 1993 at 14:50 involving a Leyland Freighter lorry

A Leyland Freighter lorry hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 14:50 on Friday 3 September 1993. A 51-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Sep 1993
Friday, 14:50
Vehicles
1
Leyland Freighter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06942, longitude -2.86898, 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
199304B125293
Council area
Lancaster
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Freighter

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland Freighter)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 199304B125293 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 1993.