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A56 crash in Burnley on 20 June 1983 at 14:35 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A56 in Burnley at 14:35 on Monday 20 June 1983. A 71-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jun 1983
Monday, 14:35
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78307, longitude -2.25356, in the BB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983040FA0483
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
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6239

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 1983040FA0483 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 1983.