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A56 crash in Rossendale on 12 March 1989 at 16:00 involving a car

A car and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A56 in Rossendale at 16:00 on Sunday 12 March 1989. The 46-year-old female driver of the minibus and a 58-year-old male passenger in the minibus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Mar 1989
Sunday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Car and minibus
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68866, longitude -2.30629, 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
1989040EC0717
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

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 1989040EC0717 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 1989.