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Serious unclassified road crash in Burnley BB12 on 20 June 1981 at 09:55

A vehicle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Burnley at 09:55 on Saturday 20 June 1981. A 3-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jun 1981
Saturday, 09:55
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79728, longitude -2.24757, in the BB12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981040FA0520
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    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 1981040FA0520 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 1981.