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Fatal unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA1 on 8 November 1996 at 19:10 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 19:10 on Friday 8 November 1996. A 69-year-old female pedestrian was killed and the 68-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
8 Nov 1996
Friday, 19:10
Vehicles
1
BMW 5 Series
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06294, longitude -2.80666, in the LA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lancaster.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604B052196
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    2,693 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 69, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

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 199604B052196 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.