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Serious unclassified road crash in Rossendale BB4 on 29 September 2018 at 11:30 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Rossendale at 11:30 on Saturday 29 September 2018. The 72-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Sep 2018
Saturday, 11:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.71316, longitude -2.25223, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rawtenstall.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201804EF18242
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
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
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,085 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    37 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 201804EF18242 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.