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Serious A671 crash in Burnley on 15 February 1998 at 14:30 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova, a Ducati motorcycle and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A671 in Burnley at 14:30 on Sunday 15 February 1998. The 37-year-old male rider of the Ducati motorcycle was seriously injured and the 19-year-old male 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 T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 1998
Sunday, 14:30
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Nova and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79462, longitude -2.27185, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804F011798
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
671
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,195 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ducati

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    904 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Ducati)

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 199804F011798 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 1998.