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Serious A59 crash in West Lancashire on 2 February 2014 at 01:18 involving a BMW Z4

A BMW Z4 crashed on the A59 in West Lancashire at 01:18 on Sunday 2 February 2014. The 26-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Feb 2014
Sunday, 01:18
Vehicles
1
BMW Z4
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57622, longitude -2.87814, in the L39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ormskirk. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ormskirk West, West Lancashire, L39 1RS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lancashire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201404CJ14022
Council area
West Lancashire
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5319

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW Z4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW Z4)

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 201404CJ14022 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lancashire road accident statistics for 2014.