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Serious unclassified road crash in Burnley BB11 on 2 September 2012 at 18:55 involving a Volkswagen Lupo

A bicycle and a Volkswagen Lupo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Burnley at 18:55 on Sunday 2 September 2012. The 13-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Sep 2012
Sunday, 18:55
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Volkswagen Lupo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79054, longitude -2.23411, 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.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201204FA12106
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
20 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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, 17 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 September 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Lupo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,716 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 201204FA12106 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 2012.