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A56 crash in Pendle on 20 December 2001 at 15:16 involving a BMW Z3

A BMW Z3 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A56 in Pendle at 15:16 on Thursday 20 December 2001. The 69-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2001
Thursday, 15:16
Vehicles
2
BMW Z3 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.85483, longitude -2.18042, in the BB8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Vivary Bridge, Pendle, BB8 9BY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200104F101901
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
Crossroads
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 18 January 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW Z3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,895 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 200104F101901 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.