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A6185 crash in Hyndburn on 9 November 2005 at 18:10 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A6185 in Hyndburn at 18:10 on Wednesday 9 November 2005. The 47-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Nov 2005
Wednesday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Audi A4
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76579, longitude -2.39258, in the BB5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clayton-le-Moors, Hyndburn, BB5 5JH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200504EL05082
Council area
Hyndburn
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6185
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
65

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)

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 200504EL05082 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 2005.