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M65 crash in South Ribble on 6 December 2009 at 18:00 involving a Mini Cooper

A Mini Cooper and a Toyota Auris were involved in a crash on the M65 in South Ribble at 18:00 on Sunday 6 December 2009. All eight casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 2009
Sunday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Mini Cooper and Toyota Auris
Casualties
8
8 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7818, longitude -2.3302, in the BB12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hapton with Park, Burnley, BB12 7LW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200904TA09253
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
Slip road
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
27%
Estimated chance it was slight
73%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,329 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (8)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)

    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 200904TA09253 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.