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B6535 crash in Hyndburn on 8 April 1998 at 19:25 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Nissan Primera were involved in a crash on the B6535 in Hyndburn at 19:25 on Wednesday 8 April 1998. The 63-year-old male driver of the Nissan Primera and the 30-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 1998
Wednesday, 19:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Nissan Primera
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79041, longitude -2.39507, in the BB6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Harwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Hyndburn

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804E028898
Council area
Hyndburn
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6535
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Primera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Primera)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199804E028898 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 1998.