A682 crash in Burnley on 3 March 2006 at 20:55 involving a Citroen Saxo
A car, a Citroen Saxo and an MCC Smart were involved in a crash on the A682 in Burnley at 20:55 on Friday 3 March 2006. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Mar 2006
- Friday, 20:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen Saxo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7224, longitude -2.28867, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawtenstall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Goodshaw & Cribden, Rossendale, BB4 8AA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Burnley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200604FB06018
- Council area
- Burnley
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 682
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 38%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 62%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2018.
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A682 in Rossendale, 22 August 2018
At the same spotRef 201804EF18207
Slight
Car crash on the A56 in Rossendale, 29 April 1982
At the same spotRef 1982040HE0417
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A682 in Rossendale, 16 January 2009
At the same spotRef 200904FL09006
Serious
Sinnis ZS 125 crash on the A682 in Rossendale, 13 May 2025
8 m awayRef 2025041589642
Slight
Skoda Yeti crash on the A682 in Rossendale, 2 November 2017
10 m awayRef 201704EF17241
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Rossendale, 30 March 2011
29 m awayRef 201104FL11033
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: MCC Smart
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (MCC Smart)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (MCC Smart)
- 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 200604FB06018 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Burnley road accident statistics for 2006.