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Unclassified road crash in Rossendale BB4 on 8 November 2013 at 17:15 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat and a ridden horse were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rossendale at 17:15 on Friday 8 November 2013. The 36-year-old female rider of the ridden horse was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 2013
Friday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Passat and ridden horse
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70342, longitude -2.24676, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawtenstall.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201304FJ13041
Council area
Rossendale
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
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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, lighting unknown
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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ridden horse

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, horse rider, on vehicle 2 (Ridden horse)

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 201304FJ13041 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 2013.