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B6527 crash in Rossendale on 28 August 1987 at 17:35 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the B6527 in Rossendale at 17:35 on Friday 28 August 1987. The 27-year-old male driver of the van and the 31-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Aug 1987
Friday, 17:35
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67482, longitude -2.30589, in the BL0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edenfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987040EC2106
Council area
Rossendale
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6527
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1987040EC2106 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 1987.