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A56 crash in Pendle on 25 December 2009 at 02:45 involving a Vauxhall Zafira taxi

A Vauxhall Zafira taxi and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A56 in Pendle at 02:45 on Friday 25 December 2009. The 66-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and a 54-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes C Class were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 2009
Friday, 02:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and Mercedes C Class
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.85483, longitude -2.18042, 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
200904FE09081
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)

    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 200904FE09081 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.