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Serious unclassified road crash in Burnley BB12 on 30 December 1997 at 16:01 involving a Fiat Tipo

A Fiat Tipo hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Burnley at 16:01 on Tuesday 30 December 1997. A 9-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 16:01
Vehicles
1
Fiat Tipo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79231, longitude -2.26166, in the BB12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704F085697
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Tipo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,372 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Tipo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199704F085697 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.