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Serious A675 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 27 June 2003 at 21:00 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Nissan Almera were involved in a crash on the A675 in Blackburn with Darwen at 21:00 on Friday 27 June 2003. The 23-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series and the 55-year-old male driver of the Nissan Almera were seriously injured and a 54-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Almera was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Jun 2003
Friday, 21:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Nissan Almera
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67713, longitude -2.51937, in the PR6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blackburn with Darwen

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200304E046703
Council area
Blackburn with Darwen
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
675
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Almera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,497 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Almera)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Almera)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200304E046703 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 2003.