A6 crash in South Ribble on 8 July 2007 at 12:49 involving a Carbodies Taxi
A Carbodies Taxi, a Vauxhall Astra and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A6 in South Ribble at 12:49 on Sunday 8 July 2007. The 26-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jul 2007
- Sunday, 12:49
- Vehicles
- 3
- Carbodies Taxi and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72124, longitude -2.6704, in the PR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bamber Bridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bamber Bridge West, South Ribble, PR5 6JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200704CM07134
- Council area
- South Ribble
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 September 2022.
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 29 September 2022
5 m awayRef 2022041224663
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 29 December 2016
22 m awayRef 201604SA16614
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 29 July 2023
25 m awayRef 2023041335790
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A582 in Chorley, 5 January 1983
32 m awayRef 1983040JH0013
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 8 May 2008
36 m awayRef 200804CL08051
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in South Ribble, 23 May 1998
41 m awayRef 199804C049598
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 200704CM07134 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ribble road accident statistics for 2007.