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Unclassified road crash in Pendle BB18 on 16 March 1979 at 16:00 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Pendle at 16:00 on Friday 16 March 1979. A 26-year-old male passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Mar 1979
Friday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8897, longitude -2.183, in the BB18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979040GL0230
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 July 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1979040GL0230 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 1979.