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Unclassified road crash in Burnley BB12 on 26 March 1996 at 18:00 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Burnley at 18:00 on Tuesday 26 March 1996. The 25-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Mar 1996
Tuesday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Renault Clio
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79411, longitude -2.29598, in the BB12 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
199604F009996
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,171 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 199604F009996 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.