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Serious A59 crash in South Ribble on 7 September 1998 at 22:24 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic, a Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the A59 in South Ribble at 22:24 on Monday 7 September 1998. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 37-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic were seriously injured and a 17-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Sep 1998
Monday, 22:24
Vehicles
3
Honda Civic and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75231, longitude -2.72199, in the PR1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804C084998
Council area
South Ribble
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
582

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 2 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    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 199804C084998 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 1998.