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Unclassified road crash in Burnley BB11 on 15 September 1996 at 13:05 involving a Mercedes minibus

A Mercedes minibus hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Burnley at 13:05 on Sunday 15 September 1996. A 79-year-old female pedestrian and a 78-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 10 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Sep 1996
Sunday, 13:05
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78813, longitude -2.24054, 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
199604F030496
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
10 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 7 May 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 199604F030496 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.