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Serious A675 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 25 March 1983 at 09:05 involving a car

A car crashed on the A675 in Blackburn with Darwen at 09:05 on Friday 25 March 1983. The 26-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Mar 1983
Friday, 09:05
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65797, longitude -2.5046, in the BL7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blackburn with Darwen

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983040EB0330
Council area
Blackburn with Darwen
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
675
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1983040EB0330 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 1983.