B6238 crash in Rossendale on 15 June 2002 at 11:45 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the B6238 in Rossendale at 11:45 on Saturday 15 June 2002. The 23-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova was 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
- 15 Jun 2002
- Saturday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Nova
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7109, longitude -2.25071, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawtenstall.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200204F042802
- Council area
- Rossendale
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6238
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2005.
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A682 in Rossendale, 12 June 2005
10 m awayRef 200504FL05024
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6238 in Rossendale, 2 June 2021
15 m awayRef 2021041095492
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B6238 in Rossendale, 13 May 2001
20 m awayRef 200104F033601
Slight
Van crash on the B6238 in Rossendale, 12 August 1997
40 m awayRef 199704F044097
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the B6238 in Rossendale, 27 November 1998
40 m awayRef 199804F082798
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the B6238 in Rossendale, 25 June 1991
40 m awayRef 1991040EK1657
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,272 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,195 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)
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 200204F042802 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rossendale road accident statistics for 2002.