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B6535 crash in Hyndburn on 3 December 2009 at 07:00 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a car were involved in a crash on the B6535 in Hyndburn at 07:00 on Thursday 3 December 2009. The 52-year-old male driver of the Volvo bus and a 43-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 2009
Thursday, 07:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78407, longitude -2.40914, in the BB6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Harwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Netherton, Hyndburn, BB6 7HB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hyndburn

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200904EM09054
Council area
Hyndburn
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6535
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    7,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 200904EM09054 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hyndburn road accident statistics for 2009.