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Serious A671 crash in Burnley on 28 December 1980 at 20:45 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A671 in Burnley at 20:45 on Sunday 28 December 1980. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Dec 1980
Sunday, 20:45
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80646, longitude -2.35195, in the BB12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Read.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980040FB1098
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
671
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 August 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (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 1980040FB1098 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.