Unclassified road crash in Fylde PR4 on 8 January 2022 at 19:30 involving a Vauxhall Combo
A Vauxhall Combo and a Mercedes AMG Class were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Fylde at 19:30 on Saturday 8 January 2022. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jan 2022
- Saturday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and Mercedes AMG Class
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77493, longitude -2.81347, in the PR4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rural East Fylde, Fylde, PR4 0ZE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022041140540
- Council area
- Fylde
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 1987.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Fylde, 12 February 1987
7 m awayRef 1987040AK0264
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in Fylde, 25 September 2007
7 m awayRef 200704AL07191
Serious
Mini Clubman crash on an unclassified road in Fylde, 13 August 2020
8 m awayRef 2020040972259
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in Fylde, 20 April 2000
9 m awayRef 200004A025200
Slight
Suzuki GSX 1300 crash on an unclassified road in Fylde, 2 April 2012
10 m awayRef 201204AL12052
Slight
MG TF crash on an unclassified road in Fylde, 14 May 2003
11 m awayRef 200304A025503
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes AMG Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes AMG Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes AMG Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes AMG Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes AMG Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2022041140540 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fylde road accident statistics for 2022.