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Serious A679 crash in Hyndburn on 16 December 2015 at 07:30 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra hit a pedestrian on the A679 in Hyndburn at 07:30 on Wednesday 16 December 2015. A 16-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Dec 2015
Wednesday, 07:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75037, longitude -2.41002, in the BB5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oswaldtwistle. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Oswald's, Hyndburn, BB5 4PY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hyndburn

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201504ED15617
Council area
Hyndburn
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
679
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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 201504ED15617 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hyndburn road accident statistics for 2015.