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Serious unclassified road crash in Burnley BB11 on 12 January 2008 at 18:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra taxi

A Vauxhall Astra taxi and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Burnley at 18:00 on Saturday 12 January 2008. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three 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
Serious
Date
12 Jan 2008
Saturday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and another
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79036, longitude -2.24633, in the BB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Daneshouse with Stoneyholme, Burnley, BB11 1NQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200804FA08006
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 200804FA08006 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 2008.