A671 crash in Burnley on 28 April 2023 at 00:04 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A671 in Burnley at 00:04 on Friday 28 April 2023. A 41-year-old male pedestrian hit by the other vehicle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Apr 2023
- Friday, 00:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and other vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79007, longitude -2.26049, in the BB11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trinity, Burnley, BB11 5AF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023041301795
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2017.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in Burnley, 30 October 2017
14 m awayRef 201704EF17238
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A671 in Burnley, 10 January 2002
22 m awayRef 200204F001902
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A671 in Burnley, 7 March 1998
22 m awayRef 199804F016198
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A671 in Burnley, 5 May 1999
35 m awayRef 199904F025499
Slight
Optare Solo crash on the A671 in Burnley, 10 August 2009
38 m awayRef 200904FA09115
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A671 in Burnley, 24 June 2002
54 m awayRef 200204F045402
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 41, hit by vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
- 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 2023041301795 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 2023.