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Serious A679 crash in Burnley on 17 August 2002 at 17:10 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo, a Renault 21 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A679 in Burnley at 17:10 on Saturday 17 August 2002. A 9-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Volkswagen Golf was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Aug 2002
Saturday, 17:10
Vehicles
3
Ford Mondeo and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78844, longitude -2.26271, in the BB11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trinity, Burnley, BB11 5AF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200204F059202
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
679
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 9, hit by vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200204F059202 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.