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Serious unclassified road crash in Blackburn with Darwen BL7 on 27 September 2001 at 06:55 involving a Volkswagen Polo

Two Volkswagen Polos were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Blackburn with Darwen at 06:55 on Thursday 27 September 2001. The 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 43-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Sep 2001
Thursday, 06:55
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.63984, longitude -2.4746, in the BL7 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200104E079901
Council area
Blackburn with Darwen
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 200104E079901 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 2001.