Serious A677 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 20 September 1994 at 08:45 involving a Rover Maestro
A Rover Maestro, a Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the A677 in Blackburn with Darwen at 08:45 on Tuesday 20 September 1994. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly 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
- 20 Sep 1994
- Tuesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover Maestro and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7696, longitude -2.56586, in the BB2 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199404E124294
- Council area
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Police force
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 677
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 1994.
Slight
Renault 18 crash on the A677 in Blackburn with Darwen, 15 September 1994
10 m awayRef 199404E123494
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A677 in South Ribble, 16 October 2018
14 m awayRef 201804SA18448
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A677 in Blackburn with Darwen, 26 September 1993
20 m awayRef 199304E162893
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A677 in Blackburn with Darwen, 20 March 1994
20 m awayRef 199404E023194
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A677 in Rossendale, 3 August 1981
30 m awayRef 1981040HF0748
Slight
Car crash on the A677 in South Ribble, 30 December 1982
32 m awayRef 1982040JH1940
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 405
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)
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 199404E124294 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 1994.