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A674 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 11 August 1996 at 19:40 involving a Peugeot 205

A car, a Peugeot 205 and a Ford Escort van were involved in a crash on the A674 in Blackburn with Darwen at 19:40 on Sunday 11 August 1996. The 20-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 205 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Aug 1996
Sunday, 19:40
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 205 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7225, longitude -2.54614, 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
199604E041896
Council area
Blackburn with Darwen
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
674
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

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 199604E041896 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 1996.