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A682 crash in Pendle on 12 January 1996 at 07:55 involving a Freight Rover Sherpa minibus

A Freight Rover Sherpa minibus and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A682 in Pendle at 07:55 on Friday 12 January 1996. A 51-year-old female passenger in the minibus, a 20-year-old female passenger in the minibus and the 65-year-old male driver of the minibus were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jan 1996
Friday, 07:55
Vehicles
2
Freight Rover Sherpa and minibus
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.84596, longitude -2.21868, in the BB9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barrowford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604K000696
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
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 18 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Freight Rover Sherpa

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

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 199604K000696 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 1996.