A56 crash in Pendle on 21 November 1997 at 07:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A56 in Pendle at 07:15 on Friday 21 November 1997. The 53-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 1997
- Friday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.84131, longitude -2.20528, in the BB9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nelson.
Map of where the crash happened in Pendle
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199704F072497
- Council area
- Pendle
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 56
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 November 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the A56 in Pendle, 6 November 1980
10 m awayRef 1980040GC0917
Slight
Van crash on the A56 in Pendle, 10 May 1993
10 m awayRef 199304F112293
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A56 in Pendle, 16 January 1994
10 m awayRef 199404K002594
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A56 in Pendle, 26 February 1992
10 m awayRef 1992040FB0346
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A56 in Pendle, 28 August 1994
10 m awayRef 199404K110894
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A56 in Pendle, 7 May 2025
10 m awayRef 2025041587005
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,118 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 53, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 199704F072497 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 1997.