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Unclassified road crash in West Lancashire L40 on 16 October 2003 at 08:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lancashire at 08:45 on Thursday 16 October 2003. The 28-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 405 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 2003
Thursday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Peugeot 405
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.60373, longitude -2.84445, in the L40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burscough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burscough Bridge & Rufford, West Lancashire, L40 5SL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lancashire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200304C090103
Council area
West Lancashire
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
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

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 200304C090103 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lancashire road accident statistics for 2003.