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A6068 crash in Pendle on 15 September 2001 at 19:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Citroen ZX were involved in a crash on the A6068 in Pendle at 19:15 on Saturday 15 September 2001. A 41-year-old female passenger in the Citroen ZX was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Sep 2001
Saturday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Citroen ZX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.86246, longitude -2.11963, in the BB8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colne.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200104F069201
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
6068
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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 3 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

    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 200104F069201 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.