A671 crash in Burnley on 12 October 2015 at 14:10 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van, a Renault Megane and a Nissan Almera were involved in a crash on the A671 in Burnley at 14:10 on Monday 12 October 2015. The 67-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane and a 66-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Oct 2015
- Monday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79207, longitude -2.24633, 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
- 201504EF15305
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2014.
Slight
Car crash on the A679 in Burnley, 14 April 2014
8 m awayRef 201404FA14050
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A679 in Burnley, 17 June 2004
10 m awayRef 200404F040904
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on an unclassified road in Burnley, 12 December 2007
14 m awayRef 200704FA07196
Slight
Car crash on the A679 in Burnley, 18 September 1992
14 m awayRef 1992040FA1681
Slight
Fiat Doblo crash on the A678 in Burnley, 11 November 2010
20 m awayRef 201004FA10136
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A679 in Burnley, 24 January 1992
22 m awayRef 1992040FA0138
Vehicles involved (3)
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
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- 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 201504EF15305 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 2015.