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Unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA2 on 18 December 2002 at 18:20 involving a Peugeot 406

A Peugeot 406 and a Citroen Synergie were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 18:20 on Wednesday 18 December 2002. The 49-year-old male driver of the Citroen Synergie and the 40-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 2002
Wednesday, 18:20
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 406 and Citroen Synergie
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06627, longitude -2.81974, in the LA2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Scale Hall, Lancaster, LA1 2JX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200204B079802
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Synergie

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Synergie)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

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 200204B079802 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 2002.