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A6 crash in Lancaster on 6 December 1996 at 22:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A6 in Lancaster at 22:00 on Friday 6 December 1996. The 32-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra, a 31-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra and the 46-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 1996
Friday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00936, longitude -2.79388, in the LA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bailrigg.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604B058896
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199604B058896 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.