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A587 crash in Wyre on 21 May 2004 at 16:15 involving an MCW bus

A vehicle and an MCW bus were involved in a crash on the A587 in Wyre at 16:15 on Friday 21 May 2004. An 87-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1, a 33-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and the 42-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 May 2004
Friday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and MCW
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.87832, longitude -3.04012, in the FY5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cleveleys. It is one of the crashes that make up the Jubilee, Wyre, FY5 3NJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200404B032504
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
587
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
33%
Estimated chance it was slight
67%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: MCW

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    10,450 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    24 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 87, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

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 200404B032504 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre road accident statistics for 2004.