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A683 crash in Lancaster on 23 February 1997 at 11:00 involving a Rover 100 Series

A Rover 100 Series and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A683 in Lancaster at 11:00 on Sunday 23 February 1997. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Ford Orion was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Feb 1997
Sunday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 100 Series and Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.05587, longitude -2.80194, in the LA1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704B009897
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
683
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
A
Second road number
683

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 6 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

    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 199704B009897 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.