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Fatal A56 crash in Pendle on 16 December 1990 at 14:45 involving a Volvo 244

A Volvo 244 hit a pedestrian on the A56 in Pendle at 14:45 on Sunday 16 December 1990. An 87-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Dec 1990
Sunday, 14:45
Vehicles
1
Volvo 244
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.91186, longitude -2.14763, in the BB18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Earby.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990040FF2327
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
56
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 244

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,127 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 87, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 244)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1990040FF2327 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.