B6251 crash in Pendle on 17 November 1988 at 20:35 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B6251 in Pendle at 20:35 on Thursday 17 November 1988. The 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 32-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 1988
- Thursday, 20:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.91971, longitude -2.19105, in the BB18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnoldswick.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1988040FF1949
- Council area
- Pendle
- Police force
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6251
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2018.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on an unclassified road in Pendle, 1 June 2018
20 m awayRef 201804EG18126
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque crash on an unclassified road in Pendle, 22 February 2025
28 m awayRef 2025041559299
Slight
Car crash on the B6251 in Pendle, 12 March 1989
28 m awayRef 1989040FF0443
Slight
Nissan Stanza crash on an unclassified road in Pendle, 31 October 1990
28 m awayRef 1990040FF1968
Serious
Austin Montego crash on the B6251 in the Ribble Valley, 27 March 1995
28 m awayRef 199504K010295
Slight
Car crash on the B6251 in the Ribble Valley, 10 July 1985
28 m awayRef 1985040GL0555
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1988040FF1949 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 1988.