B6447 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 8 December 2000 at 19:44 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen at 19:44 on Friday 8 December 2000. The 45-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra and the 49-year-old male driver of the Citroen AX were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Dec 2000
- Friday, 19:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Citroen AX
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74872, longitude -2.51055, 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
- 200004E096900
- Council area
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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 28 January 1994.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 28 January 1994
At the same spotRef 199404E007194
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 18 August 2023
19 m awayRef 2023041343008
Slight
Car crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 12 October 1985
20 m awayRef 1985040EC1295
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 21 April 1997
30 m awayRef 199704E023997
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 28 April 2018
30 m awayRef 201804ED18151
Slight
Car crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 10 March 1994
30 m awayRef 199404E020794
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)
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 200004E096900 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 2000.