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Serious unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA4 on 30 November 2003 at 18:01 involving a Rover 400 Series taxi

A Rover 400 Series taxi and a taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 18:01 on Sunday 30 November 2003. The 43-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series taxi was seriously injured and the 34-year-old female driver of the taxi and a 55-year-old female passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Nov 2003
Sunday, 18:01
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and taxi
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07341, longitude -2.86435, in the LA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morecambe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poulton, Lancaster, LA4 5NW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200304B075703
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200304B075703 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.