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C road crash in Burnley BB12 on 15 August 1996 at 14:25 involving a Vauxhall Belmont

A Vauxhall Belmont and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on a C road in Burnley at 14:25 on Thursday 15 August 1996. A 52-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Belmont, a 43-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra and a 41-year-old male passenger in the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Aug 1996
Thursday, 14:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Belmont and Ford Sierra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78733, longitude -2.31354, in the BB12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604F027096
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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 22 October 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Belmont

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199604F027096 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.