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A677 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 5 April 1998 at 22:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A677 in Blackburn with Darwen at 22:40 on Sunday 5 April 1998. The 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Apr 1998
Sunday, 22:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76507, longitude -2.5347, 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
199804E030598
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 21 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199804E030598 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 1998.