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M65 crash in Burnley on 21 October 2014 at 12:05 involving a Chevrolet Matiz

A Chevrolet Matiz crashed on the M65 in Burnley at 12:05 on Tuesday 21 October 2014. The 32-year-old male driver and a 37-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Oct 2014
Tuesday, 12:05
Vehicles
1
Chevrolet Matiz
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78161, longitude -2.31927, 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 Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201404EF14016
Council area
Burnley
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with 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
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Chevrolet Matiz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet Matiz)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet Matiz)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 201404EF14016 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Burnley road accident statistics for 2014.