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Unclassified road crash in Hyndburn BB6 on 18 June 2002 at 17:50 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Rover 25 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hyndburn at 17:50 on Tuesday 18 June 2002. The 23-year-old male driver of the Rover 25 and the 26-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jun 2002
Tuesday, 17:50
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Rover 25
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78627, longitude -2.39732, in the BB6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Harwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Netherton, Hyndburn, BB6 7TR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200204E047702
Council area
Hyndburn
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

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
T or staggered junction
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 25)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

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 200204E047702 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hyndburn road accident statistics for 2002.