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Serious unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA2 on 26 December 1993 at 01:20 involving a Volkswagen Beetle

A Volkswagen Beetle crashed on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 01:20 on Sunday 26 December 1993. The 18-year-old female driver was seriously injured and a 17-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Dec 1993
Sunday, 01:20
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Beetle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07375, longitude -2.76103, in the LA2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199304B144993
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 60 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,284 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)

    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 199304B144993 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.