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Fatal A682 crash in Pendle on 12 July 1995 at 10:36 involving a Mitsubishi L300 van

A Mitsubishi L300 van hit four pedestrians on the A682 in Pendle at 10:36 on Wednesday 12 July 1995. There were five casualties: four people were killed and one was slightly injured. Four of them were pedestrians.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Jul 1995
Wednesday, 10:36
Vehicles
1
Mitsubishi L300
Casualties
5
4 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.81771, longitude -2.236, in the BB10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brierfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199504K024095
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
682
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi L300

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    2,477 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 59, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi L300)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi L300)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 47, hit by vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi L300)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 45, hit by vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi L300)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 5: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, hit by vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi L300)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 199504K024095 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 1995.