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B6430 crash in Wyre on 15 December 1996 at 11:25 involving a Volvo 740

A Volvo 740 and a Daihatsu Charade were involved in a crash on the B6430 in Wyre at 11:25 on Sunday 15 December 1996. An 11-year-old female passenger in the Daihatsu Charade and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Daihatsu Charade were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 1996
Sunday, 11:25
Vehicles
2
Volvo 740 and Daihatsu Charade
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.89528, longitude -2.77026, in the PR3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604B060596
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6430
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
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 17 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 740

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Charade

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,295 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Charade)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Charade)

    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 199604B060596 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre road accident statistics for 1996.