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A676 crash in Rossendale on 17 January 1991 at 07:40 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A676 in Rossendale at 07:40 on Thursday 17 January 1991. The 50-year-old male driver of the Citroen BX and the 31-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jan 1991
Thursday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Citroen BX and Yamaha
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65916, longitude -2.3135, in the BL0 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991040EC0184
Council area
Rossendale
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
676
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

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 serious injury crash on 26 June 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    826 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 1991040EC0184 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 1991.