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A646 crash in Burnley on 29 January 1991 at 18:55 involving a Mercedes 190

A Mercedes 190 hit a pedestrian on the A646 in Burnley at 18:55 on Tuesday 29 January 1991. A 9-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jan 1991
Tuesday, 18:55
Vehicles
1
Mercedes 190
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78417, longitude -2.28089, in the BB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991040FA0166
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 20 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1991040FA0166 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 1991.