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A5105 crash in Lancaster on 24 October 2010 at 11:20 involving a Citroen Dispatch van

A Citroen Dispatch van and a Vauxhall Frontera were involved in a crash on the A5105 in Lancaster at 11:20 on Sunday 24 October 2010. The 37-year-old male driver of the Citroen Dispatch van, the 38-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Frontera and a 56-year-old male passenger in the Citroen Dispatch van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Oct 2010
Sunday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Citroen Dispatch and Vauxhall Frontera
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07741, longitude -2.84624, in the LA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morecambe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bare, Lancaster, LA4 6UD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201004BB10181
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
5105
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
30 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
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
18%
Estimated chance it was slight
82%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Dispatch

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Frontera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Dispatch)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Frontera)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Dispatch)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 201004BB10181 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 2010.