B6238 crash in Rossendale on 3 May 2006 at 15:10 involving an Optare bus
An Optare bus crashed on the B6238 in Rossendale at 15:10 on Wednesday 3 May 2006. A 61-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2006
- Wednesday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Optare
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69607, longitude -2.24971, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawtenstall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hareholme & Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 9AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200604FL06050
- Council area
- Rossendale
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6238
- 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
- C
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2018.
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Kia Rio crash on the B6238 in Rossendale, 22 June 2018
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Ford Focus crash on the B6238 in Rossendale, 29 June 2020
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Ford Ka+ crash on the B6238 in Rossendale, 5 February 2025
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Car crash on an unclassified road in Rossendale, 13 August 2007
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Car crash on the B6238 in Rossendale, 1 February 1981
10 m awayRef 1981040HM0096
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Bicycle crash on the B6238 in Rossendale, 23 May 2017
10 m awayRef 201704EF17182
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Optare
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 61, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing 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 200604FL06050 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 2006.