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A682 crash in Rossendale on 23 October 1996 at 14:35 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A682 in Rossendale at 14:35 on Wednesday 23 October 1996. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Oct 1996
Wednesday, 14:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.71198, longitude -2.29025, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawtenstall.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604P017696
Council area
Rossendale
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
Using private drive or entrance
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 3 January 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

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 199604P017696 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.