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Serious unclassified road crash in Burnley BB10 on 26 September 2017 at 16:15 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Burnley at 16:15 on Tuesday 26 September 2017. A 71-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and a 15-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Sep 2017
Tuesday, 16:15
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79436, longitude -2.23025, in the BB10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201704EF17206
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    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 201704EF17206 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 2017.