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M65 crash in Pendle on 22 March 2014 at 16:46 involving a BMW 5 Series

A car and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the M65 in Pendle at 16:46 on Saturday 22 March 2014. The 48-year-old female driver of the BMW 5 Series was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Mar 2014
Saturday, 16:46
Vehicles
2
Car and BMW 5 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82496, longitude -2.24437, in the BB9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brierfield West & Reedley, Pendle, BB9 5QS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201404TA14050
Council area
Pendle
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
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
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 January 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)

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 201404TA14050 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Pendle road accident statistics for 2014.