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A6 crash in Lancaster on 8 September 2003 at 11:50 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A6 in Lancaster at 11:50 on Monday 8 September 2003. A 69-year-old female passenger in the car, the 69-year-old male driver of the car and a 41-year-old female passenger in the BMW 5 Series were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Sep 2003
Monday, 11:50
Vehicles
2
BMW 5 Series and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.05231, longitude -2.79655, in the LA1 postcode district. 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
200304B054603
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 200304B054603 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.