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M65 crash in Pendle on 6 March 1994 at 10:20 involving a Datsun Cherry

A Datsun Cherry and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on the M65 in Pendle at 10:20 on Sunday 6 March 1994. A 22-year-old male passenger in the Ford Granada, a 51-year-old male passenger in the Ford Granada and a 42-year-old male passenger in the Ford Granada were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Mar 1994
Sunday, 10:20
Vehicles
2
Datsun Cherry and Ford Granada
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83047, longitude -2.2341, in the BB9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199404K014494
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
65
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 16 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    2,792 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199404K014494 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 1994.