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A679 crash in Burnley on 8 January 1996 at 08:55 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno hit a pedestrian on the A679 in Burnley at 08:55 on Monday 8 January 1996. A 13-year-old male pedestrian and the 37-year-old female driver were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jan 1996
Monday, 08:55
Vehicles
1
Fiat Uno
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78718, longitude -2.26542, 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
199604F001096
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 September 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

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 199604F001096 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 1996.