A6 crash in Lancaster on 10 March 2014 at 15:36 involving a Citroen C3
A Citroen C3 and a Vauxhall Meriva were involved in a crash on the A6 in Lancaster at 15:36 on Monday 10 March 2014. The 33-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Meriva was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Mar 2014
- Monday, 15:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C3 and Vauxhall Meriva
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00158, longitude -2.79247, in the LA2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ellel, Lancaster, LA2 0PP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201404BA14041
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 November 2025.
Serious
Volkswagen Taigo crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 5 November 2025
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Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 11 August 2009
17 m awayRef 200904BA09152
Serious
Car crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 13 April 1985
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Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 12 April 2010
28 m awayRef 201004BA10046
Slight
Toyota MR2 crash on the A6 in Lancaster, 8 May 2008
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Slight
Triumph Tiger crash on an unclassified road in Lancaster, 5 July 2024
55 m awayRef 2024041464951
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 88 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)
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 201404BA14041 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 2014.