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Serious A56 crash in Burnley on 11 March 1980 at 20:05 involving a car

A car and two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A56 in Burnley at 20:05 on Tuesday 11 March 1980. The 16-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 and the 16-year-old male rider of vehicle 3 were seriously injured and the 36-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Mar 1980
Tuesday, 20:05
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75744, longitude -2.25841, in the BB11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980040FA0213
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
56
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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 lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 3: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 3 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1980040FA0213 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Burnley road accident statistics for 1980.