A6 crash in Lancaster on 9 August 2012 at 12:13 involving a Peugeot 308
A Peugeot 308 and a Honda Accord were involved in a crash on the A6 in Lancaster at 12:13 on Thursday 9 August 2012. The 76-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 308, the 37-year-old female driver of the Honda Accord and a 5-year-old female passenger in the Honda Accord were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Aug 2012
- Thursday, 12:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 308 and Honda Accord
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.14135, longitude -2.75466, in the LA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Carnforth.
Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201204BB12121
- 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
- 6
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A(M)
- Second road number
- 601
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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 2016.
Slight
Honda NC700X crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 10 April 2016
9 m awayRef 201604WB16005
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 7 December 2011
16 m awayRef 201104BB11170
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 26 August 1985
19 m awayRef 1985040BD1222
Slight
Van crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 30 June 1985
19 m awayRef 1985040BD0885
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 25 June 2007
19 m awayRef 200704BB07107
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 6 April 1980
38 m awayRef 1980040BD0419
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 308)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Accord)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Accord)
- 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 201204BB12121 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.