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Fatal unclassified road crash in Ribble Valley BB7 on 8 March 2000 at 12:25 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Ribble Valley at 12:25 on Wednesday 8 March 2000. A 57-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
8 Mar 2000
Wednesday, 12:25
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.87738, longitude -2.37857, in the BB7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Clitheroe.

Map of where the crash happened in Ribble Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200004E020000
Council area
Ribble Valley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,951 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 57, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200004E020000 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ribble Valley road accident statistics for 2000.