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A56 crash in Rossendale on 10 September 1986 at 08:40 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A56 in Rossendale at 08:40 on Wednesday 10 September 1986. The 58-year-old male driver of the van and the 47-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Sep 1986
Wednesday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68722, longitude -2.30598, in the BB4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986040EC2210
Council area
Rossendale
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
56
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1986040EC2210 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rossendale road accident statistics for 1986.