C road crash in Burnley BB10 on 27 October 2001 at 01:30 involving a Renault 21
A Renault 21 and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on a C road in Burnley at 01:30 on Saturday 27 October 2001. The 40-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Oct 2001
- Saturday, 01:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault 21 and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80865, longitude -2.22335, in the BB10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Queensgate, Burnley, BB10 2PA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200104F082101
- Council area
- Burnley
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6114
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 1995.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Burnley, 7 February 1995
At the same spotRef 199504F003495
Serious
Car crash on the A6114 in Burnley, 11 December 2020
1 m awayRef 2020041006282
Serious
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A6114 in Burnley, 21 February 2011
7 m awayRef 201104FA11033
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on an unclassified road in Burnley, 28 October 2012
8 m awayRef 201204FA12120
Slight
Mobility scooter crash on the A6114 in Burnley, 15 August 2019
8 m awayRef 2019040868370
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Burnley, 22 January 2012
9 m awayRef 201204FA12003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault 21
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,699 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
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 200104F082101 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.