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Fatal unclassified road crash in South Ribble PR4 on 6 January 1996 at 21:05 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in South Ribble at 21:05 on Saturday 6 January 1996. An 81-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Jan 1996
Saturday, 21:05
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72574, longitude -2.77413, in the PR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Longton.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604M000496
Council area
South Ribble
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 35 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 199604M000496 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ribble road accident statistics for 1996.