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A587 crash in Wyre on 19 December 2007 at 22:15 involving a Nissan Primera taxi

A Nissan Primera taxi crashed on the A587 in Wyre at 22:15 on Wednesday 19 December 2007. A 17-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on an icy dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2007
Wednesday, 22:15
Vehicles
1
Nissan Primera
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.92101, longitude -3.02032, in the FY7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fleetwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mount, Wyre, FY7 6TL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200704BC07269
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,974 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200704BC07269 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 2007.