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Unclassified road crash in Burnley BB11 on 24 December 1980 at 15:30 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Burnley at 15:30 on Wednesday 24 December 1980. A 71-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1980
Wednesday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78885, longitude -2.23978, in the BB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980040FA1084
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1980040FA1084 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.