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A6 crash in South Ribble on 6 October 1994 at 22:20 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A6 in South Ribble at 22:20 on Thursday 6 October 1994. An 86-year-old female passenger in the other vehicle, a 73-year-old female passenger in the other vehicle and a 76-year-old female passenger in the other vehicle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Oct 1994
Thursday, 22:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and other vehicle
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70694, longitude -2.63956, in the PR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bamber Bridge.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199404M119994
Council area
South Ribble
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 86, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199404M119994 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ribble road accident statistics for 1994.