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Serious B5254 crash in South Ribble on 14 April 1995 at 01:20 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova crashed on the B5254 in South Ribble at 01:20 on Friday 14 April 1995. The 27-year-old female driver was seriously injured and a 23-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Apr 1995
Friday, 01:20
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74348, longitude -2.71016, in the PR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penwortham.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199504M016995
Council area
South Ribble
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5254
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 October 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    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 199504M016995 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 1995.