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Serious A56 crash in Rossendale on 21 November 2009 at 15:15 involving a Land Rover Range Rover

A Land Rover Range Rover crashed on the A56 in Rossendale at 15:15 on Saturday 21 November 2009. The 38-year-old male driver and a 29-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Nov 2009
Saturday, 15:15
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Range Rover
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72788, longitude -2.32796, in the BB5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200904FL09132
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    4,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover)

    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 200904FL09132 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 2009.