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A666 crash in Ribble Valley on 7 March 2023 at 08:25 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Citroen DS4 were involved in a crash on the A666 in Ribble Valley at 08:25 on Tuesday 7 March 2023. The 34-year-old female driver of the Citroen DS4 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Mar 2023
Tuesday, 08:25
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Citroen DS4
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80109, longitude -2.45273, 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
2023041285446
Council area
Ribble Valley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
666
Road type
Single 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
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 23 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen DS4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen DS4)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least 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 2023041285446 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 2023.