B6447 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 24 July 1997 at 09:50 involving a Peugeot 306
A car and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen at 09:50 on Thursday 24 July 1997. The 29-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jul 1997
- Thursday, 09:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Peugeot 306
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73558, longitude -2.4937, in the BB2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackburn.
Map of where the crash happened in Blackburn with Darwen
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199704E054197
- Council area
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Police force
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6447
- 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 May 1980.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 8 May 1980
10 m awayRef 1980040EC0599
Serious
Saab 9-3 crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 1 December 2018
10 m awayRef 201804ED18442
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 17 June 2020
14 m awayRef 2020040966584
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 12 June 1996
14 m awayRef 199604E028296
Serious
Citroen C1 crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 18 December 2023
17 m awayRef 2023041389804
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 19 June 1997
32 m awayRef 199704E074397
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
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 199704E054197 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 1997.