A683 crash in Lancaster on 27 December 2007 at 18:15 involving a taxi
A taxi and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A683 in Lancaster at 18:15 on Thursday 27 December 2007. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2007
- Thursday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07059, longitude -2.77749, in the LA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lancaster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Lune Valley, Lancaster, LA2 9HG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200704BA07237
- 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
- 683
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2011.
Slight
Car crash on the A683 in Lancaster, 18 August 2011
5 m awayRef 201104BA11164
Slight
Kia Sorento crash on the A683 in Lancaster, 17 January 2018
10 m awayRef 201804WB18026
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A683 in Lancaster, 22 March 2022
31 m awayRef 2022041156790
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A683 in Lancaster, 8 October 1990
32 m awayRef 1990040BA1494
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A683 in Lancaster, 27 August 1992
32 m awayRef 1992040BA1229
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A589 in Lancaster, 15 August 2017
54 m awayRef 201704WB17248
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 200704BA07237 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 2007.