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A56 crash in Pendle on 7 November 2009 at 22:14 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and an Isuzu were involved in a crash on the A56 in Pendle at 22:14 on Saturday 7 November 2009. A 32-year-old female passenger in the Isuzu and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Nov 2009
Saturday, 22:14
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Isuzu
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.84798, longitude -2.19346, in the BB8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Waterside & Horsfield, Pendle, BB8 9NL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Pendle

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200904FE09073
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Isuzu

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Isuzu)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    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 200904FE09073 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 2009.