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Fatal A671 crash in Burnley on 27 April 2009 at 12:23 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van hit a pedestrian on the A671 in Burnley at 12:23 on Monday 27 April 2009. A 91-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Apr 2009
Monday, 12:23
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79627, longitude -2.29661, in the BB12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gannow, Burnley, BB12 6BL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200904FB09020
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 91, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200904FB09020 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 2009.