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M65 crash in Pendle on 12 February 2000 at 23:00 involving a Vauxhall Omega

A Vauxhall Omega crashed on the M65 in Pendle at 23:00 on Saturday 12 February 2000. The 32-year-old male driver and a 15-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Feb 2000
Saturday, 23:00
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Omega
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78155, longitude -2.32109, in the BB12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hapton.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200004F010000
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
65
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,962 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Omega)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Omega)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200004F010000 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Pendle road accident statistics for 2000.