Unclassified road crash in Burnley BB11 on 30 May 1991 at 14:40 involving a Mercedes bus
A Mercedes bus crashed on an unclassified road in Burnley at 14:40 on Thursday 30 May 1991. A 19-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 May 1991
- Thursday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78795, longitude -2.2413, 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
- 1991040FA0946
- Council area
- Burnley
- Police force
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,972 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Alighting
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 1991040FA0946 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.