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C road crash in Rossendale BB4 on 30 July 1996 at 11:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort, a Fiat Tipo and a Lada Riva were involved in a crash on a C road in Rossendale at 11:30 on Tuesday 30 July 1996. The 48-year-old female driver of the Fiat Tipo, a 13-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Tipo and a 47-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Tipo were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jul 1996
Tuesday, 11:30
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70324, longitude -2.29792, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawtenstall.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604P012796
Council area
Rossendale
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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 4 September 1987.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Tipo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,372 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Lada Riva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tipo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tipo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tipo)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199604P012796 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rossendale road accident statistics for 1996.