A666 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 24 December 1996 at 16:40 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on the A666 in Blackburn with Darwen at 16:40 on Tuesday 24 December 1996. A 29-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 1996
- Tuesday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77519, longitude -2.47945, in the BB1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackburn.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199604E069296
- Council area
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Police force
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 666
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 12 November 2004.
Serious
Honda SCV100 crash on the A666 in Blackburn with Darwen, 12 November 2004
At the same spotRef 200404E086204
Serious
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in Blackburn with Darwen, 24 September 1997
10 m awayRef 199704E077997
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A666 in Blackburn with Darwen, 22 November 1994
10 m awayRef 199404E138194
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A666 in Blackburn with Darwen, 29 July 2004
10 m awayRef 200404E052704
Serious
Renault Captur crash on the A666 in Blackburn with Darwen, 17 December 2025
11 m awayRef 2025041684263
Slight
Car crash on the A6119 in Blackburn with Darwen, 15 October 1981
20 m awayRef 1981040EC1143
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 199604E069296 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.