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A687 crash in Lancaster on 8 October 1997 at 07:45 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A687 in Lancaster at 07:45 on Wednesday 8 October 1997. The 24-year-old male driver of the Mercedes lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 1997
Wednesday, 07:45
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.15113, longitude -2.58392, in the LA6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704B068297
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
687
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    5,960 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    8,970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

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 199704B068297 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.