B6243 crash in Hyndburn on 25 January 2003 at 10:50 involving a Citroen ZX
A Citroen ZX and a Chrysler Voyager were involved in a crash on the B6243 in Hyndburn at 10:50 on Saturday 25 January 2003. The 57-year-old male driver of the Chrysler Voyager and the 41-year-old female driver of the Citroen ZX were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jan 2003
- Saturday, 10:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen ZX and Chrysler Voyager
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.81316, longitude -2.60778, in the PR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Longridge, Ribble Valley.
Map of where the crash happened in Hyndburn
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200304E006203
- Council area
- Hyndburn
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6243
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 November 1995.
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B6243 in the Ribble Valley, 26 November 1995
At the same spotRef 199504L040295
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the B6243 in the Ribble Valley, 7 December 1995
At the same spotRef 199504L041795
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B6243 in the Ribble Valley, 8 July 1993
At the same spotRef 199304D132893
Slight
Mercedes 500 crash on the B6243 in the Ribble Valley, 7 June 1998
At the same spotRef 199804D035298
Slight
Saab crash on the B6243 in the Ribble Valley, 23 September 2002
At the same spotRef 200204E077102
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B6243 in the Ribble Valley, 8 August 1993
At the same spotRef 199304D143193
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Chrysler Voyager
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Chrysler Voyager)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen ZX)
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 200304E006203 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 2003.