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Serious A646 crash in Burnley on 14 September 1980 at 08:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A646 in Burnley at 08:15 on Sunday 14 September 1980. The 68-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Sep 1980
Sunday, 08:15
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74187, longitude -2.17265, in the BB10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980040FA0739
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
646
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1980040FA0739 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.