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Serious B6527 crash in Rossendale on 18 January 2020 at 08:26 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B6527 in Rossendale at 08:26 on Saturday 18 January 2020. A 55-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jan 2020
Saturday, 08:26
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68014, longitude -2.30893, in the BL0 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenfield & Eden, Rossendale, BL0 0HY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020040959535
Council area
Rossendale
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6527
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 52 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    32 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2020040959535 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 2020.