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A680 crash in Hyndburn on 27 May 1992 at 12:12 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

A Vauxhall Chevette and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on the A680 in Hyndburn at 12:12 on Wednesday 27 May 1992. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 May 1992
Wednesday, 12:12
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Chevette and Ford Cortina
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78748, longitude -2.38473, in the BB6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hyndburn

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992040EF1432
Council area
Hyndburn
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
680
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 August 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1992040EF1432 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 1992.