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Fatal A56 crash in Pendle on 2 December 2004 at 22:17 involving a Fiat

A Fiat and a Vauxhall Omega were involved in a crash on the A56 in Pendle at 22:17 on Thursday 2 December 2004. The 18-year-old male driver of the Fiat was killed and the 59-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Omega was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
2 Dec 2004
Thursday, 22:17
Vehicles
2
Fiat and Vauxhall Omega
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.89289, longitude -2.15609, in the BB18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Earby & Coates, Pendle, BB18 6TX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200404F090004
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,747 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    2,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Omega)

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 200404F090004 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 2004.