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Serious unclassified road crash in Rossendale BB4 on 17 November 2022 at 10:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rossendale at 10:00 on Thursday 17 November 2022. The 57-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Nov 2022
Thursday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Nissan Qashqai
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69888, longitude -2.33462, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haslingden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenfield & Eden, Rossendale, BB4 5EB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022041247459
Council area
Rossendale
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
No
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
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2022041247459 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rossendale road accident statistics for 2022.