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Fatal A56 crash in Pendle on 11 March 1992 at 18:45 involving an Austin Montego

An Austin Montego hit a pedestrian on the A56 in Pendle at 18:45 on Wednesday 11 March 1992. An 86-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
11 Mar 1992
Wednesday, 18:45
Vehicles
1
Austin Montego
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.91213, longitude -2.14748, in the BB18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Earby.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992040FF0425
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 86, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1992040FF0425 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 1992.