Serious B6251 crash in Pendle on 17 May 2025 at 19:05 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris crashed on the B6251 in Pendle at 19:05 on Saturday 17 May 2025. The 22-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 23-year-old male passenger and a 23-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 May 2025
- Saturday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.92091, longitude -2.1927, in the BB18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnoldswick.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025041591870
- 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
- 6251
- 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
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 27 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 August 2005.
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the B6251 in Pendle, 5 August 2005
27 m awayRef 200504FE05041
Serious
Peugeot 107 crash on the B6251 in Pendle, 13 November 2014
59 m awayRef 201404EG14033
Slight
Van crash on the B6251 in Pendle, 11 April 1987
60 m awayRef 1987040FF0512
Slight
Car crash on the B6251 in Pendle, 16 April 1989
60 m awayRef 1989040FF0671
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6251 in Pendle, 18 October 1990
60 m awayRef 1990040FF1910
Slight
Van crash on the B6251 in Pendle, 25 February 1981
61 m awayRef 1981040GL0161
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2025041591870 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.