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A679 crash in Burnley on 7 November 1995 at 12:45 involving a Ford lorry

A Ford lorry and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on the A679 in Burnley at 12:45 on Tuesday 7 November 1995. The 33-year-old male driver of the Citroen BX and the 48-year-old male driver of the Ford lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Nov 1995
Tuesday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Ford and Citroen BX
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78343, longitude -2.29332, in the BB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hapton.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199504F033095
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
679
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    6,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford)

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 199504F033095 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.