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M6 crash in Burnley on 29 March 2008 at 18:40 involving a Vauxhall Zafira taxi

A Vauxhall Zafira taxi crashed on the M6 in Burnley at 18:40 on Saturday 29 March 2008. A 19-year-old female passenger and a 38-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Mar 2008
Saturday, 18:40
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Zafira
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8024, longitude -2.24959, in the BB12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Daneshouse with Stoneyholme, Burnley, BB12 0BB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200804TA08074
Council area
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200804TA08074 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.