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B5195 crash in West Lancashire on 5 January 1998 at 20:33 involving a BMW 7 Series

A lorry and a BMW 7 Series were involved in a crash on the B5195 in West Lancashire at 20:33 on Monday 5 January 1998. The 50-year-old female driver of the BMW 7 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jan 1998
Monday, 20:33
Vehicles
2
Lorry and BMW 7 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54917, longitude -3.01903, in the L37 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lancashire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804C001798
Council area
West Lancashire
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5195
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, no street lighting
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 3 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 7 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Open door of vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,793 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 7 Series)

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 199804C001798 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lancashire road accident statistics for 1998.