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Serious A59 crash in Ribble Valley on 29 December 1990 at 00:05 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the A59 in Ribble Valley at 00:05 on Saturday 29 December 1990. There were five casualties: three people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 1990
Saturday, 00:05
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Peugeot 205
Casualties
5
3 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.90507, longitude -2.34562, in the BB7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ribble Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990040FG2437
Council area
Ribble Valley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 March 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    90 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 90, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1990040FG2437 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ribble Valley road accident statistics for 1990.