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Fatal A56 crash in Rossendale on 8 September 2018 at 23:30 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo hit a pedestrian on the A56 in Rossendale at 23:30 on Saturday 8 September 2018. A 46-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
8 Sep 2018
Saturday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66637, longitude -2.31143, in the BL0 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenfield & Eden, Rossendale, BL0 0LS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201804EF18222
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
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
676

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 March 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    999 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 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Home area deprivation
    10% most 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 201804EF18222 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 2018.