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Serious A6114 crash in Burnley on 19 August 1995 at 14:55 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6114 in Burnley at 14:55 on Saturday 19 August 1995. The 34-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 32-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Aug 1995
Saturday, 14:55
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79821, longitude -2.22997, in the BB10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199504F023995
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6114
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 18 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle combination

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199504F023995 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 1995.