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A680 crash in Rossendale on 8 November 1996 at 21:37 involving an MCW bus

An MCW bus hit a pedestrian on the A680 in Rossendale at 21:37 on Friday 8 November 1996. A 56-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 1996
Friday, 21:37
Vehicles
1
MCW
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70443, longitude -2.32504, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haslingden.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604P020396
Council area
Rossendale
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
680
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
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MCW

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    60 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (MCW)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199604P020396 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.