M6 crash in Ribble Valley on 12 June 1998 at 17:15 involving a Seat Alhambra
A Seat Alhambra, a Ford Mondeo and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the M6 in Ribble Valley at 17:15 on Friday 12 June 1998. The 27-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jun 1998
- Friday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Seat Alhambra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77496, longitude -2.64272, in the PR2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ribble Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199804D036498
- Council area
- Ribble Valley
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 1992.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the M6 in Preston, 3 January 1992
At the same spotRef 1992040DB0016
Slight
Vehicle crash on the M6 in Preston, 22 December 1999
At the same spotRef 199904D076099
Slight
Car crash on the M6 in Preston, 30 June 1989
At the same spotRef 1989040DB1701
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M6 in Preston, 28 August 1992
At the same spotRef 1992040DB2243
Slight
Car crash on the M6 in Preston, 15 October 1988
At the same spotRef 1988040DB2612
Slight
Car crash on the M6 in Preston, 31 August 1987
At the same spotRef 1987040DA2066
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Seat Alhambra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
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 199804D036498 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ribble Valley road accident statistics for 1998.