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A6068 crash in Pendle on 16 December 1997 at 16:40 involving a Toyota Carina

A Toyota Carina and a Ford Transit minibus were involved in a crash on the A6068 in Pendle at 16:40 on Tuesday 16 December 1997. The 76-year-old male driver of the Toyota Carina and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Ford Transit minibus were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Toyota Carina and Ford Transit
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82996, longitude -2.2663, in the BB12 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704F080997
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6068
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Carina)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199704F080997 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.