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Serious A671 crash in Ribble Valley on 28 September 1998 at 12:44 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra crashed on the A671 in Ribble Valley at 12:44 on Monday 28 September 1998. The 52-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 25-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Sep 1998
Monday, 12:44
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80637, longitude -2.35028, in the BB12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ribble Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804E093198
Council area
Ribble Valley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
671
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
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, 40 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    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 199804E093198 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.