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Unclassified road crash in Burnley BB11 on 15 December 2015 at 18:55 involving a Mini Cooper

A Mini Cooper and a minibus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Burnley at 18:55 on Tuesday 15 December 2015. The 41-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper and a 2-year-old male passenger in the minibus were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 2015
Tuesday, 18:55
Vehicles
2
Mini Cooper and minibus
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77669, longitude -2.2514, in the BB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coal Clough with Deerplay, Burnley, BB11 4RG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Burnley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201504EF15382
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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Road sign or marking defective or obscured
Carriageway hazards
Permanent road signing or markings defective or obscured or inadequate

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

    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 201504EF15382 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.