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A6 crash in Lancaster on 23 July 2003 at 11:15 involving a Leyland bus

A car and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on the A6 in Lancaster at 11:15 on Wednesday 23 July 2003. The 51-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a flooded one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jul 2003
Wednesday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Leyland
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.05141, longitude -2.79729, in the LA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lancaster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Lancaster, LA1 1NH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200304B045603
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    10,450 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 200304B045603 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 2003.