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Serious A56 crash in Pendle on 4 December 1994 at 14:55 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo hit two pedestrians on the A56 in Pendle at 14:55 on Sunday 4 December 1994. A 67-year-old female pedestrian and a 69-year-old female pedestrian were seriously 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
Serious
Date
4 Dec 1994
Sunday, 14:55
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.85276, longitude -2.18284, in the BB8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colne.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199404K126294
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
56
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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 15 May 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 67, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 69, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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

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 199404K126294 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.