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Serious M6 crash in Lancaster on 22 July 1997 at 03:48 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on the M6 in Lancaster at 03:48 on Tuesday 22 July 1997. A 28-year-old male passenger in the Iveco-Ford lorry, the 45-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry and the 56-year-old male driver of the Volvo lorry were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Jul 1997
Tuesday, 03:48
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Iveco-Ford
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97302, longitude -2.77139, in the LA2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704B041697
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
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
Dark, no street lighting
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 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed and overturned
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    13,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Iveco-Ford)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Iveco-Ford)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

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 199704B041697 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.