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Serious M6 crash in Lancaster on 23 November 2008 at 03:16 involving a Renault Scenic

A Renault Scenic crashed on the M6 in Lancaster at 03:16 on Sunday 23 November 2008. The 61-year-old male driver, a 61-year-old female passenger and a 37-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a wet slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Nov 2008
Sunday, 03:16
Vehicles
1
Renault Scenic
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98599, longitude -2.78064, in the LA2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ellel, Lancaster, LA2 0LH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200804TA08263
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Scenic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)

    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 200804TA08263 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 2008.