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A56 crash in Pendle on 15 March 1991 at 19:45 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A56 in Pendle at 19:45 on Friday 15 March 1991. A 45-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Mar 1991
Friday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.86672, longitude -2.16739, in the BB8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991040FE1217
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
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
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 8 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 1991040FE1217 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.