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Unclassified road crash in Rossendale BB4 on 9 March 2016 at 08:45 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Rossendale at 08:45 on Wednesday 9 March 2016. A 28-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Mar 2016
Wednesday, 08:45
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6968, longitude -2.24321, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawtenstall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitewell & Stacksteads, Rossendale, BB4 9BS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201604EF16112
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 January 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 201604EF16112 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 2016.