Serious unclassified road crash in Pendle BB9 on 11 November 2022 at 21:08 involving an Audi S3
Four vehicles, including an Audi S3 and a Vauxhall Zafira, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Pendle at 21:08 on Friday 11 November 2022. The 25-year-old male driver of the Audi S3 was seriously injured and the 53-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira and a 26-year-old male passenger in the Audi S3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Nov 2022
- Friday, 21:08
- Vehicles
- 4
- Audi S3 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8362, longitude -2.20334, in the BB9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nelson. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marsden & Southfield, Pendle, BB9 8AX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022041241368
- Council area
- Pendle
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 1997.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Pendle, 10 October 1997
4 m awayRef 199704F060797
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on an unclassified road in Pendle, 20 January 2017
6 m awayRef 201704EG17012
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in Pendle, 7 April 2008
10 m awayRef 200804FG08041
Slight
Aprilia crash on an unclassified road in Pendle, 18 April 2001
13 m awayRef 200104F027101
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on an unclassified road in Pendle, 23 November 2004
33 m awayRef 200404F096404
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Pendle, 29 June 1983
41 m awayRef 1983040GC0551
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Audi S3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 4: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi S3)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi S3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2022041241368 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Pendle road accident statistics for 2022.