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A601 crash in Lancaster on 20 August 2005 at 00:35 involving a Rover 25

A Rover 25 crashed on the A601 in Lancaster at 00:35 on Saturday 20 August 2005. The 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Aug 2005
Saturday, 00:35
Vehicles
1
Rover 25
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.12865, longitude -2.74981, in the LA6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carnforth & Millhead, Lancaster, LA5 9XH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200504TA05014
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
601
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Motorway
Second road number
6

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 25)

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 200504TA05014 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 2005.