M65 crash in South Ribble on 20 January 2009 at 08:55 involving a Ford Fiesta
Two Ford Fiestas were involved in a crash on the M65 in South Ribble at 08:55 on Tuesday 20 January 2009. The 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 52-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jan 2009
- Tuesday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78007, longitude -2.33687, in the BB5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200904TA09014
- Council area
- South Ribble
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 65
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the M65 in South Ribble, 25 November 2009
41 m awayRef 200904TA09244
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the M65 in Hyndburn, 11 September 2025
48 m awayRef 2025041641655
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M65 in Hyndburn, 28 February 2012
52 m awayRef 201204TA12111
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A56 in Hyndburn, 19 July 2019
54 m awayRef 2019040859840
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the M65 in Rossendale, 18 December 2000
57 m awayRef 200004F074700
Slight
Car crash on the M65 in Hyndburn, 28 May 1989
57 m awayRef 1989040EB1457
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200904TA09014 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ribble road accident statistics for 2009.