A6 crash in Lancaster on 4 September 2012 at 11:25 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz, a Skoda Octavia and a Citroen C2 were involved in a crash on the A6 in Lancaster at 11:25 on Tuesday 4 September 2012. The 70-year-old male driver of the Citroen C2 and a 70-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C2 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
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Sep 2012
- Tuesday, 11:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Jazz and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.12043, longitude -2.77585, 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
- 201204BB12135
- 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
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 2013.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 28 May 2013
18 m awayRef 201304BB13049
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 27 April 1989
18 m awayRef 1989040BH0590
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Lancaster, 26 July 2014
27 m awayRef 201404BB14085
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 5 June 1986
28 m awayRef 1986040BH0760
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 20 March 1995
29 m awayRef 199504B010395
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 22 March 2006
29 m awayRef 200604BB06052
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen C2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen C2)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen C2)
- 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 201204BB12135 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.