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A588 crash in Lancaster on 8 April 1994 at 21:45 involving a Volkswagen minibus

A Volkswagen minibus crashed on the A588 in Lancaster at 21:45 on Friday 8 April 1994. A 13-year-old female passenger and a 45-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 1994
Friday, 21:45
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.94841, longitude -2.86068, in the LA2 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199404B015494
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
588
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 June 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,915 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

    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 199404B015494 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 1994.