A682 crash in Burnley on 21 December 2012 at 19:30 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A682 in Burnley at 19:30 on Friday 21 December 2012. The 52-year-old male driver of the other vehicle and a 27-year-old male passenger in the other vehicle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2012
- Friday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and other vehicle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78749, longitude -2.23977, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201204FA12152
- 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
- 682
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the A682 in Burnley, 24 September 1985
9 m awayRef 1985040FA0861
Slight
Car crash on the A56 in Burnley, 28 February 1980
9 m awayRef 1980040FA0184
Slight
Car crash on the A682 in Burnley, 8 November 1989
9 m awayRef 1989040FA1993
Slight
Car crash on the A682 in Burnley, 16 April 1992
9 m awayRef 1992040FA0693
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Burnley, 28 December 2010
14 m awayRef 201004FA10149
Slight
Van crash on the A56 in Burnley, 6 June 1983
14 m awayRef 1983040FA0432
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)
- 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 201204FA12152 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.