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A59 crash in Ribble Valley on 3 December 2007 at 08:50 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and an Audi A6 were involved in a crash on the A59 in Ribble Valley at 08:50 on Monday 3 December 2007. The 60-year-old female driver of the Audi A6 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 2007
Monday, 08:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Audi A6
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.88428, longitude -2.35459, in the BB7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chatburn, Ribble Valley, BB7 1QA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ribble Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200704EN07147
Council area
Ribble Valley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 June 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A6

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)

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 200704EN07147 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ribble Valley road accident statistics for 2007.