A671 crash in Rossendale on 2 August 2014 at 11:05 involving an Audi S4
An Audi S4 and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A671 in Rossendale at 11:05 on Saturday 2 August 2014. The 59-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis was 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
- 2 Aug 2014
- Saturday, 11:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi S4 and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64421, longitude -2.18079, 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
- 201404EN14068
- 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
- 671
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 November 2024.
Serious
Mazda 3 crash on the A671 in Rossendale, 23 November 2024
3 m awayRef 2024041520256
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A671 in Rossendale, 14 August 1990
44 m awayRef 1990040EJ2370
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the A671 in Burnley, 12 November 1999
62 m awayRef 199904F074899
Slight
Benelli Tornado crash on an unclassified road in Rossendale, 6 November 2023
65 m awayRef 2023041372659
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A6066 in Rossendale, 5 April 2011
65 m awayRef 201104FJ11012
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A671 in Rossendale, 12 June 1981
83 m awayRef 1981040HL0597
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi S4
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,163 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
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
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
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 201404EN14068 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 2014.