M66 crash in Rossendale on 10 December 2006 at 16:16 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and two cars were involved in a crash on the M66 in Rossendale at 16:16 on Sunday 10 December 2006. All six casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2006
- Sunday, 16:16
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Corolla and 2 others
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66106, longitude -2.30822, in the BL0 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenfield & Eden, Rossendale, BL0 0LS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200604FL06164
- Council area
- Rossendale
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 66
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 56
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2019.
Slight
Peugeot 5008 crash on the M66 in Bury, 14 August 2019
29 m awayRef 201906XN60504
Slight
Car crash on the M66 in Rossendale, 3 June 2001
32 m awayRef 200104F040401
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M66 in Bury, 13 December 2014
33 m awayRef 201406X096222
Slight
Car crash on the M66 in Bury, 10 December 2006
36 m awayRef 200606X062612
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the M66 in Bury, 3 July 2019
38 m awayRef 201906XN58676
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the M66 in Bury, 26 April 1991
42 m awayRef 199106N090191
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200604FL06164 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.