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A5105 crash in Lancaster on 27 July 1998 at 12:13 involving a Fiat Tipo

A Fiat Tipo and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the A5105 in Lancaster at 12:13 on Monday 27 July 1998. The 85-year-old male driver of the Fiat Tipo, a 33-year-old female passenger in the Citroen AX and a 5-year-old male passenger in the Citroen AX were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jul 1998
Monday, 12:13
Vehicles
2
Fiat Tipo and Citroen AX
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.09303, longitude -2.80924, in the LA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bolton-le-Sands.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804B048198
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5105
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
Daylight
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 26 June 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Tipo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    85 years
    Engine capacity
    1,372 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Tipo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199804B048198 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 1998.