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B6256 crash in South Ribble on 21 July 2016 at 15:00 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry hit a pedestrian on the B6256 in South Ribble at 15:00 on Thursday 21 July 2016. A 60-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jul 2016
Thursday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69827, longitude -2.69397, in the PR25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leyland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leyland Central, South Ribble, PR25 2LB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201604SC16200
Council area
South Ribble
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6256
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
19%
Estimated chance it was slight
81%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 201604SC16200 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ribble road accident statistics for 2016.