A6 crash in South Ribble on 24 November 2008 at 17:20 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A6 in South Ribble at 17:20 on Monday 24 November 2008. The 28-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Nov 2008
- Monday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Almera and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72948, longitude -2.67432, in the PR5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bamber Bridge West, South Ribble, PR5 6TF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200804CM08210
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Authorised person
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5257
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 2020.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 26 February 2020
4 m awayRef 2020040942309
Serious
Volkswagen Touran crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 28 August 2013
4 m awayRef 201304CL13170
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 4 December 2014
4 m awayRef 201404SC14079
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 23 June 2021
5 m awayRef 2021041059410
Serious
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 29 January 2025
6 m awayRef 2025041547916
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 4 January 2014
6 m awayRef 201404CL14002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
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 200804CM08210 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 2008.