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Serious A588 crash in Wyre on 13 December 2013 at 15:40 involving a Rover Cityrover

A van and a Rover Cityrover were involved in a crash on the A588 in Wyre at 15:40 on Friday 13 December 2013. The 41-year-old male driver of the van and the 75-year-old female driver of the Rover Cityrover were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Dec 2013
Friday, 15:40
Vehicles
2
Van and Rover Cityrover
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.87074, longitude -2.96074, in the FY6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hambleton & Stalmine, Wyre, FY6 9AD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201304BC13237
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
588
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Cityrover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,405 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Cityrover)

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 201304BC13237 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre road accident statistics for 2013.