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Serious unclassified road crash in Hyndburn BB1 on 15 February 2011 at 18:12 involving a Peugeot 106

A Peugeot 106 and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hyndburn at 18:12 on Tuesday 15 February 2011. The 26-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 106 was seriously injured and the 46-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 2011
Tuesday, 18:12
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 106 and Audi A4
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7826, longitude -2.4479, in the BB1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Overton, Hyndburn, BB1 4AD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201104EM11005
Council area
Hyndburn
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, no street lighting
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 December 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)

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 201104EM11005 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 2011.