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M55 crash in Fylde on 5 August 1997 at 15:00 involving a Renault 21

A Renault 21 crashed on the M55 in Fylde at 15:00 on Tuesday 5 August 1997. A 3-year-old male passenger and a 6-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Aug 1997
Tuesday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Renault 21
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80687, longitude -2.85808, in the PR4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fylde

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704A053897
Council area
Fylde
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
55
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 21)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 21)

    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 199704A053897 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fylde road accident statistics for 1997.