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Unclassified road crash in Blackburn with Darwen BB1 on 4 September 2017 at 15:26 involving an Optare bus

An Optare bus hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Blackburn with Darwen at 15:26 on Monday 4 September 2017. A 39-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Sep 2017
Monday, 15:26
Vehicles
1
Optare
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74698, longitude -2.47943, in the BB1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackburn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackburn Central, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 7DR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201704ED17348
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
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    6,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Optare)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 201704ED17348 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 2017.