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Unclassified road crash in Blackpool FY1 on 27 January 1979 at 02:40 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on an unclassified road in Blackpool at 02:40 on Saturday 27 January 1979. A 25-year-old male passenger, a 22-year-old male passenger and a 22-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jan 1979
Saturday, 02:40
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.81814, longitude -3.05577, in the FY1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979040CG0124
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 1979040CG0124 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.