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B6430 crash in Wyre on 27 November 1997 at 17:00 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a DAF Trucks bus were involved in a crash on the B6430 in Wyre at 17:00 on Thursday 27 November 1997. A 17-year-old male passenger in the DAF Trucks bus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Nov 1997
Thursday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.87611, longitude -2.76002, in the PR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Catterall.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704B087097
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6430
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 October 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    8,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 199704B087097 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre road accident statistics for 1997.