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A671 crash in Rossendale on 5 November 2005 at 17:55 involving a Fiat Bravo

A Fiat Bravo, a Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A671 in Rossendale at 17:55 on Saturday 5 November 2005. All four casualties were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Nov 2005
Saturday, 17:55
Vehicles
3
Fiat Bravo and 2 others
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65602, longitude -2.1767, in the OL12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitworth, Rossendale, OL12 8QH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200504FJ05040
Council area
Rossendale
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
671
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
Zebra crossing

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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Bravo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,747 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,195 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    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 200504FJ05040 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rossendale road accident statistics for 2005.