B5246 crash in West Lancashire on 6 August 2007 at 15:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and an agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on the B5246 in West Lancashire at 15:20 on Monday 6 August 2007. All four casualties were 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
- 6 Aug 2007
- Monday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and agricultural vehicle
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66189, longitude -2.88239, in the PR4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burscough Bridge & Rufford, West Lancashire, PR4 6LX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lancashire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200704CH07005
- Council area
- West Lancashire
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5246
- 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
- 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
- 28%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 72%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 2013.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B5241 in West Lancashire, 28 July 2013
5 m awayRef 201304CJ13144
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in West Lancashire, 20 May 1983
41 m awayRef 1983040KL0351
Fatal
Car crash on the B5246 in West Lancashire, 19 August 1989
63 m awayRef 1989040CH1341
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B5246 in West Lancashire, 20 December 1979
71 m awayRef 1979040KL1061
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B5246 in West Lancashire, 22 July 1988
85 m awayRef 1988040CH1125
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B5246 in West Lancashire, 29 April 2025
87 m awayRef 2025041583511
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 15 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 200704CH07005 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lancashire road accident statistics for 2007.