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Unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA1 on 14 December 2002 at 18:30 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 18:30 on Saturday 14 December 2002. The 26-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 2002
Saturday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Nissan Micra and Skoda Octavia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.0559, longitude -2.81067, in the LA1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Scale Hall, Lancaster, LA1 2QR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200204B083202
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
No
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)

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 200204B083202 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.