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Serious B5257 crash in South Ribble on 17 May 1996 at 19:38 involving a Vauxhall Calibra

A Vauxhall Calibra crashed on the B5257 in South Ribble at 19:38 on Friday 17 May 1996. A 15-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 26-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 May 1996
Friday, 19:38
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Calibra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72298, longitude -2.71103, in the PR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of New Gate.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604M017896
Council area
South Ribble
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5257
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Calibra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Calibra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Calibra)

    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 199604M017896 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 1996.