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A56 crash in Rossendale on 2 January 2003 at 17:45 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

Six vehicles, including a Vauxhall Corsa and a Citroen ZX, were involved in a crash on the A56 in Rossendale at 17:45 on Thursday 2 January 2003. An 11-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa, the 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 5 and an 80-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jan 2003
Thursday, 17:45
Vehicles
6
Vauxhall Corsa and 5 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68515, longitude -2.30598, in the BB4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenfield & Eden, Rossendale, BL0 0HY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200304F000503
Council area
Rossendale
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Raining, 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 2 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (6)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 5: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 6: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Escort)

    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 200304F000503 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 2003.