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A6119 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 31 March 1993 at 17:25 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Lada 1600 were involved in a crash on the A6119 in Blackburn with Darwen at 17:25 on Wednesday 31 March 1993. A 28-year-old female passenger in the Lada 1600 and the 28-year-old male driver of the Lada 1600 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 1993
Wednesday, 17:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Lada 1600
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76099, longitude -2.5213, in the BB2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blackburn with Darwen

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993040EA0241
Council area
Blackburn with Darwen
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6119
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
677

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lada 1600

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,570 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada 1600)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada 1600)

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 1993040EA0241 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 1993.