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A646 crash in Burnley on 26 December 1981 at 16:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A646 in Burnley at 16:00 on Saturday 26 December 1981. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 1981
Saturday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75891, longitude -2.19487, in the BB10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981040FA1168
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
646
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 197 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, 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 1981040FA1168 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.