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Serious A683 crash in Lancaster on 30 July 2011 at 15:00 involving a Ford Scorpio

A Ford Scorpio and a Mazda were involved in a crash on the A683 in Lancaster at 15:00 on Saturday 30 July 2011. A 57-year-old female passenger in the Mazda was seriously injured and the 70-year-old female driver of the Ford Scorpio and the 58-year-old male driver of the Mazda were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Jul 2011
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Scorpio and Mazda
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.13317, longitude -2.61903, in the LA6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201104BA11149
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
683
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 September 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Scorpio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    2,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Scorpio)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda)

    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 201104BA11149 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 2011.