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Unclassified road crash in Pendle BB9 on 10 December 1998 at 16:15 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Pendle at 16:15 on Thursday 10 December 1998. All seven casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 1998
Thursday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
7
7 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83889, longitude -2.20497, in the BB9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nelson.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804F084698
Council area
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    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 199804F084698 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 1998.