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Serious unclassified road crash in Burnley BB11 on 13 December 2012 at 16:00 involving a Volkswagen Sharan

A car and a Volkswagen Sharan were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Burnley at 16:00 on Thursday 13 December 2012. The 49-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Sharan was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Dec 2012
Thursday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Volkswagen Sharan
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78297, longitude -2.2454, in the BB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201204FA12153
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
T or staggered junction
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
Frost or ice

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Sharan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Sharan)

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 201204FA12153 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.