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Serious A56 crash in Rossendale on 18 September 2003 at 20:03 involving a Citroen Xantia

A Citroen Xantia hit a pedestrian on the A56 in Rossendale at 20:03 on Thursday 18 September 2003. A 42-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and the 42-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Sep 2003
Thursday, 20:03
Vehicles
1
Citroen Xantia
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69437, longitude -2.32043, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haslingden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenfield & Eden, Rossendale, BB4 6LJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200304F060903
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
Footbridge or subway

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 7 September 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xantia

    Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen Xantia)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xantia)

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 200304F060903 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.