Skip to main content
CrashStats

Blackpool road accidents in 1984: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 743 road traffic collisions in Blackpool in 1984, and 910 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 163 were serious.

Collisions were up 7% on 1983 (694), and casualties rose from 834.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 26,449 collisions in Blackpool.

Collisions in 1984
743
Up 7% on 1983
Casualties in 1984
910
Up 9% on 1983
Fatal collisions
12
1.6% of collisions
Serious collisions
163
22% of collisions

Crash severity in Blackpool in 1984

1.6% of collisions in Blackpool in 1984 were fatal and 22% serious, against 1.1% and 20% in Blackpool from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal121.6%
  • Serious16322%
  • Slight56876%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal131.4%
  • Serious18520%
  • Slight71278%

Blackpool road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blackpool, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 843 in 1994. 1984 is highlighted, with 743, up 7% on 1983.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1984
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025291392
2024320431
2023279362
2022328444
2021330432
2020245308
2019321396
2018345452
2017384511
2016416563
2015373502
2014403560
2013429582
2012463619
2011450588
2010499692
2009533720
2008494659
2007505696
2006501673
2005476638
2004494641
2003523678
2002649866
2001664927
2000606841
1999662893
1998691927
19977331,092
19967541,072
19957781,095
19948431,185
19937561,057
1992730933
1991701899
1990709898
1989691870
1988713872
1987693840
1986676843
1985741913
1984743910
1983694834
1982737905
1981699864
1980683840
1979701859

When and where crashes happen in Blackpool in 1984

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday101 (14%)
  • Tuesday98 (13%)
  • Wednesday92 (12%)
  • Thursday108 (15%)
  • Friday124 (17%)
  • Saturday142 (19%)
  • Sunday78 (10%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5939 (5.2%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5913 (1.7%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5953 (7.1%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5985 (11%)
  • 12:00 to 14:59156 (21%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59199 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5998 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:59100 (13%)

Collisions by month

  • January64 (8.6%)
  • February47 (6.3%)
  • March46 (6.2%)
  • April65 (8.7%)
  • May56 (7.5%)
  • June66 (8.9%)
  • July89 (12%)
  • August69 (9.3%)
  • September60 (8.1%)
  • October74 (10%)
  • November54 (7.3%)
  • December53 (7.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight496 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit233 (31%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds615 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds90 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds22 (3%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Road surface

  • Dry522 (70%)
  • Wet or damp217 (29%)
  • Snow4 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph705 (95%)
  • 40 mph38 (5.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway588 (79%)
  • Dual carriageway87 (12%)
  • One way street or slip road44 (5.9%)
  • Roundabout23 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Blackpool in 1984

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant290 (32%)
  • Pedestrian273 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist205 (23%)
  • Cyclist100 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant19 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant15 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 529 (3.2%)
  • 6 to 1052 (5.7%)
  • 11 to 1596 (11%)
  • 16 to 20232 (25%)
  • 21 to 25132 (15%)
  • 26 to 3580 (8.8%)
  • 36 to 4571 (7.8%)
  • 46 to 5560 (6.6%)
  • 56 to 6564 (7%)
  • 66 to 7550 (5.5%)
  • Over 7544 (4.8%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider444 (49%)
  • Pedestrian273 (30%)
  • Passenger193 (21%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car747 (64%)
  • Motorcycle208 (18%)
  • Pedal cycle106 (9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes48 (4.1%)
  • Bus or coach26 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car20 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle19 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Blackpool in 1984

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1984 in Blackpool

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

How Blackpool ranked among 350 areas in 1984

Of the 350 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Blackpool had the 111th most road collisions in 1984.

Collisions
111th
highest of 350 areas
Casualties
124th
highest of 350 areas
Fatal collisions
160th
highest of 350 areas
Serious collisions
135th
highest of 350 areas

Roads in Blackpool with the most crashes in 1984

The A584 had the most collisions in Blackpool in 1984: 123, including 28 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Blackpool, 1984
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA584123165028
2ndA5835669112
3rdA5874756310
4thB5262323604
5thA5073273002
6thA5099253002
7thB5124253214
8thB5261232504
9thA586202606
10thB539091013
11thB526681002
12thB52654403
13thB52684802
14thB52632211

Towns in Blackpool: crashes in 1984

Blackpool had 712 collisions in 1984.

Postcode districts in Blackpool: crashes in 1984

FY1 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Blackpool in 1984: 279.

Latest crashes in Blackpool in 1984

Of the last 24 crashes in Blackpool in 1984, none were fatal and 10 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1984.

Severity

Blackpool road accidents in other years