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Unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA4 on 20 April 2012 at 08:54 involving a Mazda 6

A Mazda 6 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 08:54 on Friday 20 April 2012. A 3-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Apr 2012
Friday, 08:54
Vehicles
1
Mazda 6
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06865, longitude -2.85241, in the LA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morecambe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poulton, Lancaster, LA4 5NW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201204BB12054
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
20 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, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 6

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Mazda 6)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 201204BB12054 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 2012.