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Fatal A6068 crash in Pendle on 18 June 1991 at 15:45 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on the A6068 in Pendle at 15:45 on Tuesday 18 June 1991. The 46-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series and the 47-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina were killed and a 28-year-old male passenger in the Ford Cortina was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Jun 1991
Tuesday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Ford Cortina
Casualties
3
2 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82097, longitude -2.30179, in the BB12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991040FB1136
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6068
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 1 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1991040FB1136 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.