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Unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA2 on 29 November 2017 at 00:20 involving a Volkswagen Jetta taxi

A Volkswagen Jetta taxi crashed on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 00:20 on Wednesday 29 November 2017. A 19-year-old male passenger and a 19-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Nov 2017
Wednesday, 00:20
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Jetta
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00346, longitude -2.79056, in the LA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bailrigg. 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
201704WB17385
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 99 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 201704WB17385 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 2017.