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Fatal unclassified road crash in Burnley BB10 on 2 March 1990 at 21:05 involving a Bristol (BLMC) bus

A Bristol (BLMC) bus hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Burnley at 21:05 on Friday 2 March 1990. A 37-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
2 Mar 1990
Friday, 21:05
Vehicles
1
Bristol (BLMC)
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.81101, longitude -2.21106, in the BB10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990040FA0420
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bristol (BLMC)

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    9,210 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    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 1990040FA0420 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 1990.