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Unclassified road crash in Rossendale BB4 on 6 March 2002 at 19:45 involving a Citroen Saxo

A Citroen Saxo and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rossendale at 19:45 on Wednesday 6 March 2002. A 10-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Mar 2002
Wednesday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Citroen Saxo and Peugeot 306
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68968, longitude -2.32509, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haslingden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Helmshore, Rossendale, BB4 4HW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200204F016902
Council area
Rossendale
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

    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 200204F016902 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 2002.