A671 crash in Burnley on 5 April 2014 at 01:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A671 in Burnley at 01:00 on Saturday 5 April 2014. A 45-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and a 56-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Apr 2014
- Saturday, 01:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78468, longitude -2.23142, in the BB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brunshaw, Burnley, BB10 4DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Burnley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201404FA14046
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 February 2022.
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A671 in Burnley, 16 February 2022
8 m awayRef 2022041144645
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on the A671 in Burnley, 20 December 2014
9 m awayRef 201404EF14081
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Burnley, 12 January 1979
11 m awayRef 1979040FA0019
Slight
Car crash on the A671 in Burnley, 22 July 1981
11 m awayRef 1981040FA0613
Slight
Car crash on the A671 in Burnley, 26 July 1987
11 m awayRef 1987040FA1082
Slight
Car crash on the A671 in Burnley, 25 April 1984
18 m awayRef 1984040FA0361
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 201404FA14046 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 2014.