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A588 crash in Wyre on 23 May 2000 at 16:02 involving a Volkswagen Beetle

A Volkswagen Beetle and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the A588 in Wyre at 16:02 on Tuesday 23 May 2000. A 17-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Beetle and the 43-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 May 2000
Tuesday, 16:02
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Beetle and Peugeot 205
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.91678, longitude -2.94348, in the FY6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200004B036500
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
588
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 February 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,584 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

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 200004B036500 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre road accident statistics for 2000.