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Unclassified road crash in Blackburn with Darwen BB2 on 26 July 2015 at 18:00 involving a Citroen C4

A Citroen C4, a Mercedes C Class and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Blackburn with Darwen at 18:00 on Sunday 26 July 2015. The 49-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class, a 60-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes C Class and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Corolla were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jul 2015
Sunday, 18:00
Vehicles
3
Citroen C4 and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75158, longitude -2.4945, in the BB2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackburn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wensley Fold, Blackburn with Darwen, BB2 6LT area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201504ED15377
Council area
Blackburn with Darwen
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 1979.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    2,148 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 3: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Corolla)

    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 201504ED15377 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blackburn with Darwen road accident statistics for 2015.