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Serious A56 crash in Pendle on 10 February 2001 at 20:30 involving a Vauxhall Astramax van

A Vauxhall Astramax van crashed on the A56 in Pendle at 20:30 on Saturday 10 February 2001. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Feb 2001
Saturday, 20:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astramax
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.91986, longitude -2.14553, in the BB18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Earby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Earby & Coates, Pendle, BB18 6PZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200104F011101
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astramax

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,699 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astramax)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astramax)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astramax)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astramax)

    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 200104F011101 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 2001.