A6066 crash in Rossendale on 5 April 2011 at 16:15 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris, a Citroen Xsara and a Land Rover Freelander were involved in a crash on the A6066 in Rossendale at 16:15 on Tuesday 5 April 2011. The 50-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris, the 48-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara and an 8-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Yaris were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Apr 2011
- Tuesday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Yaris and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64363, longitude -2.18073, in the OL12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitworth.
Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201104FJ11012
- Council area
- Rossendale
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6066
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 48 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 October 2019.
Serious
Suzuki Vitara crash on an unclassified road in Rossendale, 20 October 2019
48 m awayRef 2019040889773
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in Rossendale, 9 August 2009
55 m awayRef 200904FJ09032
Serious
Mazda 3 crash on the A671 in Rossendale, 23 November 2024
64 m awayRef 2024041520256
Slight
Audi S4 crash on the A671 in Rossendale, 2 August 2014
65 m awayRef 201404EN14068
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A671 in Rossendale, 14 August 1990
79 m awayRef 1990040EJ2370
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rossendale, 4 April 1989
80 m awayRef 1989040EJ0905
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- 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 201104FJ11012 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rossendale road accident statistics for 2011.