A682 crash in Burnley on 8 December 2000 at 20:08 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A682 in Burnley at 20:08 on Friday 8 December 2000. The 39-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, a 42-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 39-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Dec 2000
- Friday, 20:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78235, longitude -2.25372, 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
- 200004F072700
- Council area
- Burnley
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 682
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 1984.
Slight
Van crash on the A56 in Burnley, 14 February 1984
At the same spotRef 1984040FA0126
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A682 in Burnley, 17 November 1994
At the same spotRef 199404F122394
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A682 in Burnley, 3 October 1996
At the same spotRef 199604F032896
Slight
Minibus crash on the A682 in Burnley, 19 August 2002
At the same spotRef 200204F062702
Serious
Lorry crash on the A682 in Burnley, 18 March 1987
At the same spotRef 1987040FA0386
Slight
Car crash on the A682 in Burnley, 13 April 1987
At the same spotRef 1987040FA0540
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 957 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat 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 200004F072700 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 2000.