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Serious unclassified road crash in Burnley BB10 on 6 February 2016 at 23:30 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat and a London Taxis Int. TX4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Burnley at 23:30 on Saturday 6 February 2016. A 66-year-old female passenger in the London Taxis Int. TX4 was seriously injured and a 34-year-old female passenger in the London Taxis Int. TX4 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Feb 2016
Saturday, 23:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Passat and London Taxis Int. TX4
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78547, longitude -2.22186, in the BB10 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201604EF16076
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX4

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX4)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 66, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX4)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

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 201604EF16076 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 2016.