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Serious C road crash in Lancaster LA4 on 24 July 1996 at 16:05 involving a Ford minibus

A Ford minibus and a Mercedes bus were involved in a crash on a C road in Lancaster at 16:05 on Wednesday 24 July 1996. There were six casualties: two people were seriously injured and four were 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
Serious
Date
24 Jul 1996
Wednesday, 16:05
Vehicles
2
Ford and Mercedes
Casualties
6
2 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06081, longitude -2.85414, in the LA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morecambe.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604B032596
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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 19 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 87, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 6: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

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 199604B032596 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 1996.