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Serious unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA4 on 3 May 2000 at 12:35 involving a Vauxhall Vectra taxi

A Vauxhall Vectra taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 12:35 on Wednesday 3 May 2000. A 73-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 May 2000
Wednesday, 12:35
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07151, longitude -2.86675, in the LA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morecambe.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200004B028400
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 October 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 73, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200004B028400 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 2000.