A681 crash in Rossendale on 12 February 2014 at 17:10 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A681 in Rossendale at 17:10 on Wednesday 12 February 2014. A 41-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Feb 2014
- Wednesday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70016, longitude -2.28995, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawtenstall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longholme, Rossendale, BB4 8SQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201404FL14017
- 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
- 681
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2001.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A681 in Rossendale, 12 March 2001
7 m awayRef 200104F019701
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A681 in Rossendale, 2 September 1999
16 m awayRef 199904F055999
Slight
Van crash on the A681 in Rossendale, 19 March 1985
16 m awayRef 1985040HE0288
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A681 in Rossendale, 24 April 2002
16 m awayRef 200204F029802
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A681 in Rossendale, 25 November 2001
16 m awayRef 200104F089801
Slight
Car crash on the A682 in Rossendale, 20 June 2006
16 m awayRef 200604FL06072
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 41, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
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 201404FL14017 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 2014.