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A56 crash in Pendle on 28 February 2003 at 18:05 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and an MBK Nitro motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A56 in Pendle at 18:05 on Friday 28 February 2003. The 27-year-old male rider of the MBK Nitro motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Feb 2003
Friday, 18:05
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and MBK Nitro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.85782, longitude -2.16371, 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200304F014503
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
One way street or slip road
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 slight injury crash on 17 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: MBK Nitro

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (MBK Nitro)

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 200304F014503 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 2003.