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Serious A679 crash in Hyndburn on 10 November 1987 at 11:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A679 in Hyndburn at 11:30 on Tuesday 10 November 1987. The 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 33-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Nov 1987
Tuesday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75012, longitude -2.42851, in the BB1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hyndburn

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987040EB2754
Council area
Hyndburn
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
679
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1987040EB2754 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hyndburn road accident statistics for 1987.