A6068 crash in Pendle on 22 December 2019 at 16:48 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A6068 in Pendle at 16:48 on Sunday 22 December 2019. The 49-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van and a 52-year-old female passenger in the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2019
- Sunday, 16:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.854, longitude -2.19078, in the BB8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Waterside & Horsfield, Pendle, BB8 9NL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Pendle
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019040912951
- Council area
- Pendle
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6068
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 December 2022.
Serious
Audi SQ5 crash on the A6068 in Pendle, 4 December 2022
9 m awayRef 2022041249762
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A6068 in Pendle, 6 November 2025
12 m awayRef 2025041670361
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A6068 in Pendle, 26 July 2020
12 m awayRef 2020041028198
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A6068 in Pendle, 27 December 2008
14 m awayRef 200804FE08093
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A6068 in Pendle, 8 November 2009
14 m awayRef 200904FE09070
Serious
BMW R 1200 crash on the A6068 in Pendle, 15 November 2016
14 m awayRef 201604EG16261
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019040912951 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Pendle road accident statistics for 2019.