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B5273 crash in Lancaster on 25 October 1998 at 14:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B5273 in Lancaster at 14:20 on Sunday 25 October 1998. The 40-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 43-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Oct 1998
Sunday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.05785, longitude -2.82704, in the LA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morecambe.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804B066198
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5273
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 199804B066198 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.