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Serious unclassified road crash in Pendle BB18 on 24 March 1990 at 12:10 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Pendle at 12:10 on Saturday 24 March 1990. The 57-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Mar 1990
Saturday, 12:10
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.91432, longitude -2.19118, in the BB18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnoldswick.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990040FF0539
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,093 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 1990040FF0539 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 1990.