A56 crash in Pendle on 4 November 2000 at 07:35 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A56 in Pendle at 07:35 on Saturday 4 November 2000. The 44-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla and the 26-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 2000
- Saturday, 07:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.84798, longitude -2.19362, in the BB8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colne.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200004F070000
- Council area
- Pendle
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the A56 in Pendle, 28 July 1985
At the same spotRef 1985040GD0592
Slight
Car crash on the A56 in Pendle, 21 March 1989
At the same spotRef 1989040FE0472
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A56 in Pendle, 19 October 1995
At the same spotRef 199504K038195
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A56 in Pendle, 19 December 1990
At the same spotRef 1990040FE2376
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A56 in Pendle, 13 December 1996
At the same spotRef 199604K046196
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A56 in Pendle, 25 August 1990
At the same spotRef 1990040FE1518
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 200004F070000 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 2000.