Fatal unclassified road crash in Ribble Valley BB7 on 3 May 2013 at 12:40 involving a Peugeot 107
Four vehicles, including a Peugeot 107 and a Honda Civic, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Ribble Valley at 12:40 on Friday 3 May 2013. The 76-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 107 was killed and a 46-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Peugeot 107 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 3 May 2013
- Friday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 4
- Peugeot 107 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.87239, longitude -2.39142, in the BB7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Clitheroe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Salthill, Ribble Valley, BB7 1BE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ribble Valley
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201304EN13034
- Council area
- Ribble Valley
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2000.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B6478 in the Ribble Valley, 12 January 2000
2 m awayRef 200004E003200
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the Ribble Valley, 19 July 2007
2 m awayRef 200704EN07088
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B6478 in the Ribble Valley, 21 September 1996
8 m awayRef 199604K032796
Slight
Car crash on the B6478 in the Ribble Valley, 15 March 1985
8 m awayRef 1985040GK0185
Slight
Car crash on the B6478 in the Ribble Valley, 12 September 1985
8 m awayRef 1985040GK0743
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in the Ribble Valley, 18 July 2005
8 m awayRef 200504EN05044
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 807
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 4: Volkswagen Sharan
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 107)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 107)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 201304EN13034 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ribble Valley road accident statistics for 2013.