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Serious B6252 crash in Pendle on 23 January 2025 at 18:04 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B6252 in Pendle at 18:04 on Thursday 23 January 2025. The 26-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 10-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were seriously injured and the 37-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jan 2025
Thursday, 18:04
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.91999, longitude -2.18625, in the BB18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnoldswick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barnoldswick, Pendle, BB18 5DW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025041545484
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6252
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 February 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2025041545484 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 2025.