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A6 crash in Wyre on 28 July 2016 at 12:15 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A6 in Wyre at 12:15 on Thursday 28 July 2016. The 78-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jul 2016
Thursday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Nissan Micra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.94055, longitude -2.77553, in the PR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Forton.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201604WB16268
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
6
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
Raining, 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
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,240 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

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 201604WB16268 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 2016.