Unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA1 on 2 December 2006 at 13:20 involving a Citroen ZX
A Citroen ZX and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 13:20 on Saturday 2 December 2006. The 37-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Passat were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2006
- Saturday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen ZX and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.04492, longitude -2.79916, in the LA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lancaster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Lancaster, LA1 1NH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200604BA06231
- 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
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)
- 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 200604BA06231 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 2006.