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A6068 crash in Burnley on 26 May 1997 at 16:20 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A Nissan Bluebird and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the A6068 in Burnley at 16:20 on Monday 26 May 1997. A 19-year-old female passenger in the Citroen AX and the 20-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 May 1997
Monday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Nissan Bluebird and Citroen AX
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79644, longitude -2.33395, 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
199704F022197
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6068
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
678

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 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

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 199704F022197 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 1997.