Serious B5321 crash in Lancaster on 27 March 2001 at 13:43 involving a Rover 600 Series
A Rover 600 Series and a Honda C90E motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B5321 in Lancaster at 13:43 on Tuesday 27 March 2001. The 30-year-old female driver of the Rover 600 Series was seriously injured and the 42-year-old male rider of the Honda C90E motorcycle and a 29-year-old female passenger in the Rover 600 Series were 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
- 27 Mar 2001
- Tuesday, 13:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 600 Series and Honda C90E
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.05828, longitude -2.80384, in the LA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lancaster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Scale Hall, Lancaster, LA1 2QR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200104B017101
- Council area
- Lancaster
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5321
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 1991.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B5321 in Lancaster, 4 June 1991
10 m awayRef 1991040BA0688
Serious
Car crash on the B5321 in Lancaster, 21 November 1990
10 m awayRef 1990040BA1724
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the B5321 in Lancaster, 27 September 1991
10 m awayRef 1991040BA1308
Serious
Honda Accord crash on the B5321 in Lancaster, 6 May 2001
14 m awayRef 200104B025701
Slight
Car crash on the B5321 in Lancaster, 24 October 1989
30 m awayRef 1989040BA1736
Serious
Car crash on the B5321 in Lancaster, 28 July 1983
45 m awayRef 1983040BA0986
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 600 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Honda C90E
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 89 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 42, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda C90E)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 600 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 600 Series)
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 200104B017101 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 2001.