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Fatal A666 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 19 August 1981 at 10:40 involving a car

Two cars and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A666 in Blackburn with Darwen at 10:40 on Wednesday 19 August 1981. The 65-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 69-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were killed and two other people were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Aug 1981
Wednesday, 10:40
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
4
2 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6562, longitude -2.45237, in the BB3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blackburn with Darwen

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981040EB0907
Council area
Blackburn with Darwen
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
666
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    65 years

  • Vehicle 3: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 3 (Lorry)

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 1981040EB0907 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blackburn with Darwen road accident statistics for 1981.