B6447 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 27 March 2018 at 13:10 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Toyota Hiace van were involved in a crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen at 13:10 on Tuesday 27 March 2018. The 53-year-old male driver of the Toyota Hiace van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Mar 2018
- Tuesday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Toyota Hiace
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74748, longitude -2.51052, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Blackburn with Darwen
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201804ED18116
- Council area
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6447
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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 serious injury crash on 14 June 2004.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 14 June 2004
10 m awayRef 200404E039404
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the B6477 in Blackburn with Darwen, 5 June 2010
32 m awayRef 201004EA10136
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 26 October 2021
37 m awayRef 2021041102794
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 18 October 1979
51 m awayRef 1979040EC1289
Slight
Kia Niro crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 27 September 2024
56 m awayRef 2024041501837
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen, 17 July 1998
61 m awayRef 199804E063298
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Hiace
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Hiace)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 201804ED18116 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 2018.