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A666 crash in Ribble Valley on 28 July 2005 at 15:10 involving a Volkswagen Bora

A Volkswagen Bora and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A666 in Ribble Valley at 15:10 on Thursday 28 July 2005. The 30-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jul 2005
Thursday, 15:10
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Bora and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80027, longitude -2.45318, in the BB6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Langho.

Map of where the crash happened in Ribble Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200504EN05049
Council area
Ribble Valley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
666
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Bora

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

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 200504EN05049 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ribble Valley road accident statistics for 2005.