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A6 crash in Lancaster on 22 January 1997 at 10:50 involving an Opel Kadett

An Opel Kadett hit a pedestrian on the A6 in Lancaster at 10:50 on Wednesday 22 January 1997. A 74-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jan 1997
Wednesday, 10:50
Vehicles
1
Opel Kadett
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.05167, longitude -2.79713, in the LA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lancaster.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704B002497
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 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
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 19 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Opel Kadett

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,281 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (Opel Kadett)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199704B002497 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 1997.