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Serious B6480 crash in Lancaster on 25 March 2019 at 08:50 involving a Skoda Octavia

A Skoda Octavia and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the B6480 in Lancaster at 08:50 on Monday 25 March 2019. A 23-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Octavia was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Mar 2019
Monday, 08:50
Vehicles
2
Skoda Octavia and Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.10534, longitude -2.62848, in the LA2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019040845254
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6480
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2019040845254 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 2019.