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Serious C road crash in Rossendale BB4 on 27 October 2001 at 18:05 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van

A Mercedes Sprinter van hit a pedestrian on a C road in Rossendale at 18:05 on Saturday 27 October 2001. An 8-year-old female pedestrian was seriously 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
Serious
Date
27 Oct 2001
Saturday, 18:05
Vehicles
1
Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69839, longitude -2.25639, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawtenstall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hareholme & Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 9AW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200104F082201
Council area
Rossendale
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,151 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, 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 200104F082201 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rossendale road accident statistics for 2001.