Unclassified road crash in South Ribble PR4 on 24 April 2023 at 09:35 involving a car
A car and a goods vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Ribble at 09:35 on Monday 24 April 2023. The 25-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Apr 2023
- Monday, 09:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and goods vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70763, longitude -2.79584, in the PR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Longton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hoole, South Ribble, PR4 5RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023041300244
- Council area
- South Ribble
- 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
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2008.
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on an unclassified road in South Ribble, 21 April 2008
5 m awayRef 200804CM08075
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in South Ribble, 26 February 2024
52 m awayRef 2024041415111
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on an unclassified road in South Ribble, 24 November 2025
53 m awayRef 2025041676795
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A59 in South Ribble, 10 October 2009
61 m awayRef 200904CM09157
Slight
Car crash on the A59 in South Ribble, 25 November 1989
62 m awayRef 1989040DH3170
Slight
Yamaha FZS 600 crash on the A59 in South Ribble, 5 May 2004
62 m awayRef 200404C036704
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Goods vehicle
Goods vehicle, weight unknown
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2023041300244 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ribble road accident statistics for 2023.