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A681 crash in Rossendale on 18 June 2003 at 15:33 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro, a car and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A681 in Rossendale at 15:33 on Wednesday 18 June 2003. A 9-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio, the 33-year-old female driver of the car and a 73-year-old female passenger in the Rover Metro were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a muddy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jun 2003
Wednesday, 15:33
Vehicles
3
Rover Metro and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6991, longitude -2.29881, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawtenstall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longholme, Rossendale, BB4 8SQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200304F041503
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
681
Road type
Single carriageway
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Mud
Carriageway hazards
Mud

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 May 2004.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 3: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Clio)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200304F041503 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.