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Unclassified road crash in Fylde PR4 on 17 November 1998 at 21:40 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series crashed on an unclassified road in Fylde at 21:40 on Tuesday 17 November 1998. The 69-year-old female driver and a 36-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Nov 1998
Tuesday, 21:40
Vehicles
1
Rover 200 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75202, longitude -2.8609, in the PR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Freckleton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804A089198
Council area
Fylde
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 76 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    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 199804A089198 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fylde road accident statistics for 1998.