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Fatal A583 crash in Blackpool on 1 November 1979 at 08:45 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A583 in Blackpool at 08:45 on Thursday 1 November 1979. A 62-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 Nov 1979
Thursday, 08:45
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80392, longitude -3.02717, in the FY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979040CD1545
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
583
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5390

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1979040CD1545 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blackpool road accident statistics for 1979.