Police appealing for witnesses following Leyland crash

Man seriously injured in crash on Boxing Day

Author: Louisa KingPublished 29th Dec 2022

Lancashire Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage following a serious collision in Leyland on Boxing Day.

Our officers were called to Flensburg Way at 9.55pm to reports of a collision involving a black BMW X1 and a white Ford Transit.

The driver of the Transit – a man in his 30s – suffered serious leg and pelvic injuries. While the driver of the BMW – a woman in her 40s – suffered minor injuries.

Nobody has been arrested at this time.

Work is ongoing to establish exactly how the collision occurred. We are particularly keen to hear from anybody who witnessed the collision and hasn’t yet spoken to police or, anybody with information regarding the incident.

Anybody with information or footage is asked to email sciu@lancashire.police.uk or call 101, quoting log 1131 of December 26, 2022.

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