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A666 crash in Ribble Valley on 21 October 2016 at 10:51 involving a Fiat 500

A Fiat 500 and a Volvo C 30 were involved in a crash on the A666 in Ribble Valley at 10:51 on Friday 21 October 2016. The 24-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 and the 38-year-old female driver of the Volvo C 30 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Oct 2016
Friday, 10:51
Vehicles
2
Fiat 500 and Volvo C 30
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80398, longitude -2.44882, in the BB6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Langho. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brockhall & Dinckley, Ribble Valley, BB6 8FF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ribble Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201604EG16262
Council area
Ribble Valley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
666
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo C 30

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo C 30)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

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 201604EG16262 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ribble Valley road accident statistics for 2016.