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Fatal unclassified road crash in Ribble Valley BB7 on 20 December 2016 at 11:00 involving a Ford Ecosport

A Ford Ecosport hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Ribble Valley at 11:00 on Tuesday 20 December 2016. A 79-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 Dec 2016
Tuesday, 11:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Ecosport
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.87132, longitude -2.39129, 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
201604EG16303
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
One way street
Speed limit
20 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
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Ecosport

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 79, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Ecosport)

    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

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 201604EG16303 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 2016.