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Serious B6258 crash in South Ribble on 4 August 1996 at 20:56 involving a Citroen CX

A Citroen CX and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the B6258 in South Ribble at 20:56 on Sunday 4 August 1996. The 66-year-old male driver of the Citroen CX was seriously 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
4 Aug 1996
Sunday, 20:56
Vehicles
2
Citroen CX and Peugeot 205
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73761, longitude -2.66792, in the PR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bamber Bridge.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604M027796
Council area
South Ribble
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6258
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 16 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen CX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    2,347 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen CX)

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 199604M027796 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.