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A671 crash in Burnley on 16 January 2001 at 18:10 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Lada Samara were involved in a crash on the A671 in Burnley at 18:10 on Tuesday 16 January 2001. The 36-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and a 12-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jan 2001
Tuesday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Lada Samara
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80063, longitude -2.31335, in the BB12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Padiham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gawthorpe, Burnley, BB12 8QR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200104F003801
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
No
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lada Samara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,288 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200104F003801 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 2001.