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Serious B6248 crash in Pendle on 27 October 2002 at 01:38 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A car, a Vauxhall Astra and a Honda Accord were involved in a crash on the B6248 in Pendle at 01:38 on Sunday 27 October 2002. The 15-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Oct 2002
Sunday, 01:38
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82391, longitude -2.23559, in the BB9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brierfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brierfield East & Clover Hill, Pendle, BB9 5SG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200204F081602
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6248
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Honda Accord

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Engine capacity
    1,996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 200204F081602 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 2002.