A582 crash in South Ribble on 19 May 2015 at 14:30 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A582 in South Ribble at 14:30 on Tuesday 19 May 2015. The 31-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 May 2015
- Tuesday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.71529, longitude -2.70484, in the PR26 postcode district and within the built-up area of New Gate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Farington West, South Ribble, PR26 6RA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201504SC15133
- 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
- 582
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A582 in South Ribble, 16 April 2010
10 m awayRef 201004CL10039
Slight
Volvo 460 crash on a C road in South Ribble, 26 September 1996
22 m awayRef 199604M034496
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A582 in South Ribble, 20 June 2021
24 m awayRef 2021041058762
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A1 in South Ribble, 11 November 2025
24 m awayRef 2025041666800
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the A582 in South Ribble, 29 September 2025
24 m awayRef 2025041660172
Slight
Mitsubishi Outlander crash on the A582 in South Ribble, 22 February 2024
24 m awayRef 2024041418215
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
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 201504SC15133 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 2015.