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Unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA3 on 16 December 2010 at 15:22 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 15:22 on Thursday 16 December 2010. The 38-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 2010
Thursday, 15:22
Vehicles
2
Ford KA and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06276, longitude -2.8461, in the LA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morecambe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westgate, Lancaster, LA3 3PL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201004BB10225
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

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

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 201004BB10225 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.