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Serious unclassified road crash in Pendle BB9 on 8 March 1991 at 02:15 involving a Leyland Cars Mini

A Leyland Cars Mini crashed on an unclassified road in Pendle at 02:15 on Friday 8 March 1991. An 18-year-old male passenger and a 17-year-old female passenger were seriously injured and the 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Mar 1991
Friday, 02:15
Vehicles
1
Leyland Cars Mini
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82781, longitude -2.21706, in the BB9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nelson.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991040FB0410
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 slight injury crash on 16 December 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Cars Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars Mini)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars Mini)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars Mini)

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 1991040FB0410 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 1991.