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A6061 crash in South Ribble on 8 June 1997 at 17:00 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Mitsubishi Carisma were involved in a crash on the A6061 in South Ribble at 17:00 on Sunday 8 June 1997. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Mitsubishi Carisma, the 62-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Carisma and the 21-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto were 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 Jun 1997
Sunday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Mitsubishi Carisma
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72408, longitude -2.57359, in the PR5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704D036797
Council area
South Ribble
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6061
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 8 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Carisma

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,834 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Carisma)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Carisma)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

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 199704D036797 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ribble road accident statistics for 1997.