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A6 crash in South Ribble on 3 February 2013 at 14:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A6 in South Ribble at 14:00 on Sunday 3 February 2013. The 60-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Feb 2013
Sunday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72034, longitude -2.66339, in the PR5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bamber Bridge West, South Ribble, PR5 6JN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201304CL13022
Council area
South Ribble
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
49

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 201304CL13022 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ribble road accident statistics for 2013.