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Serious unclassified road crash in Pendle BB8 on 22 October 1996 at 11:28 involving an All Wheel Drive lorry

An All Wheel Drive lorry and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Pendle at 11:28 on Tuesday 22 October 1996. A 66-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra and the 69-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra 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
22 Oct 1996
Tuesday, 11:28
Vehicles
2
All Wheel Drive and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.84905, longitude -2.20015, in the BB8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colne.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604K037296
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: All Wheel Drive

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    614 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    2,304 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 199604K037296 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.