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Unclassified road crash in Pendle BB9 on 31 October 1996 at 22:50 involving a Rover SD1

A Rover SD1 crashed on an unclassified road in Pendle at 22:50 on Thursday 31 October 1996. A 14-year-old female passenger, a 14-year-old female passenger and a 12-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Oct 1996
Thursday, 22:50
Vehicles
1
Rover SD1
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.86175, longitude -2.27654, 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
199604K038296
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 149 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover SD1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,350 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover SD1)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover SD1)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover SD1)

    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 199604K038296 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.