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Unclassified road crash in Hyndburn BB6 on 25 March 1993 at 23:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a minibus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hyndburn at 23:30 on Thursday 25 March 1993. An 18-year-old male passenger in the minibus, an 18-year-old female passenger in the minibus and a 17-year-old female passenger in the minibus were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Mar 1993
Thursday, 23:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and minibus
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78469, longitude -2.41202, in the BB6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Harwood.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993040EF0247
Council area
Hyndburn
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

    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 1993040EF0247 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 1993.