Unclassified road crash in Pendle BB8 on 29 March 2003 at 13:40 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Pendle at 13:40 on Saturday 29 March 2003. The 49-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Mar 2003
- Saturday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.85961, longitude -2.17041, 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
- 200304F021403
- Council area
- Pendle
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6068
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2012.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A6068 in Pendle, 30 October 2012
11 m awayRef 201204FE12072
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Pendle, 24 November 2020
19 m awayRef 2020041004076
Fatal
Lorry crash on the A6068 in Pendle, 18 September 2025
22 m awayRef 2025041643397
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6068 in Pendle, 25 October 2015
22 m awayRef 201504EG15243
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6068 in Pendle, 17 August 2018
22 m awayRef 201804EG18184
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A6068 in Pendle, 30 August 1990
22 m awayRef 1990040FE1548
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,665 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
- 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 200304F021403 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.