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Unclassified road crash in Burnley BB11 on 6 August 1998 at 09:50 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and another vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Burnley at 09:50 on Thursday 6 August 1998. A 64-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus and a 1-year-old male passenger in the Volvo bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Aug 1998
Thursday, 09:50
Vehicles
2
Volvo and vehicle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7893, longitude -2.23948, 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
199804F051998
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2

    Vehicle type not recorded

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 64, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 199804F051998 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.