Unclassified road crash in Blackburn with Darwen BB3 on 20 December 2001 at 12:10 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Blackburn with Darwen at 12:10 on Thursday 20 December 2001. The 38-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was 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
- 20 Dec 2001
- Thursday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69692, longitude -2.47221, in the BB3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darwen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Darwen East, Blackburn with Darwen, BB3 0DJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200104E109801
- Council area
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 February 1985.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Blackburn with Darwen, 12 February 1985
32 m awayRef 1985040EB0174
Slight
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Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Blackburn with Darwen, 18 September 1988
50 m awayRef 1988040EE2409
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Blackburn with Darwen, 16 October 1988
63 m awayRef 1988040EE2683
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74 m awayRef 2025041628488
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Volkswagen LT 35 crash on an unclassified road in Blackburn with Darwen, 3 September 2005
81 m awayRef 200504EB05043
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,272 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 200104E109801 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.