A56 crash in Rossendale on 4 July 2013 at 12:50 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A56 in Rossendale at 12:50 on Thursday 4 July 2013. The 18-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jul 2013
- Thursday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Swift and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72371, longitude -2.32647, in the BB5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 5BH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201304FL13054
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 680
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 2011.
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the A56 in Rossendale, 5 May 2011
2 m awayRef 201104FL11045
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A56 in Rossendale, 14 September 2014
4 m awayRef 201404FL14089
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A56 in Rossendale, 7 September 2014
5 m awayRef 201404FL14084
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A56 in Rossendale, 9 September 2008
6 m awayRef 200804FL08110
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A56 in Rossendale, 25 January 2009
6 m awayRef 200904FL09011
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A56 in Rossendale, 1 September 2008
7 m awayRef 200804FL08088
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 201304FL13054 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.