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Fatal A671 crash in Ribble Valley on 28 January 2018 at 06:15 involving a Skoda Octavia taxi

A Skoda Octavia taxi crashed on the A671 in Ribble Valley at 06:15 on Sunday 28 January 2018. The 21-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a flooded single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Jan 2018
Sunday, 06:15
Vehicles
1
Skoda Octavia
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.85972, longitude -2.39786, in the BB7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ribble Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201804EG18017
Council area
Ribble Valley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
671
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 21, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most 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 201804EG18017 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ribble Valley road accident statistics for 2018.