Skip to main content
CrashStats

A671 crash in Burnley on 2 April 2002 at 07:19 involving a Suzuki VL 125 motorcycle

A Suzuki VL 125 motorcycle and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on the A671 in Burnley at 07:19 on Tuesday 2 April 2002. The 23-year-old male rider of the Suzuki VL 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Apr 2002
Tuesday, 07:19
Vehicles
2
Suzuki VL 125 and Leyland
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80061, longitude -2.32094, 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.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200204F021902
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
671
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
678

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki VL 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki VL 125)

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 200204F021902 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 2002.