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Serious A56 crash in Burnley on 16 March 1982 at 22:50 involving a car

A car crashed on the A56 in Burnley at 22:50 on Tuesday 16 March 1982. The 19-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Mar 1982
Tuesday, 22:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78478, longitude -2.24947, in the BB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982040FA0207
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
56
Road type
Dual 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1982040FA0207 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 1982.