B5412 crash in Wyre on 26 July 2023 at 17:30 involving a Peugeot 308
A Peugeot 308 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B5412 in Wyre at 17:30 on Wednesday 26 July 2023. The 23-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jul 2023
- Wednesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 308 and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.87211, longitude -3.01166, in the FY5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thornton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marsh Mill, Wyre, FY5 2WA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023041341129
- Council area
- Wyre
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5412
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Raining, 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2020.
Slight
Car crash on the B5412 in Wyre, 4 June 2020
4 m awayRef 2020040958029
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B5412 in Wyre, 24 June 1989
16 m awayRef 1989040AF1487
Slight
Car crash on the B5412 in Wyre, 28 September 1980
22 m awayRef 1980040AG0979
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the B5412 in Wyre, 9 March 2018
43 m awayRef 201804WD18038
Serious
Audi Q7 crash on the B5412 in Wyre, 22 February 2025
44 m awayRef 2025041557245
Slight
Car crash on the B5412 in Wyre, 21 May 1984
77 m awayRef 1984040AG0554
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 308
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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- 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 2023041341129 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre road accident statistics for 2023.