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A570 crash in West Lancashire on 19 August 1994 at 14:16 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van hit a pedestrian on the A570 in West Lancashire at 14:16 on Friday 19 August 1994. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Aug 1994
Friday, 14:16
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56963, longitude -2.88769, in the L39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ormskirk.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lancashire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199404H110494
Council area
West Lancashire
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
570
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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

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 199404H110494 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 1994.