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Serious B6447 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 30 April 1982 at 20:45 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B6447 in Blackburn with Darwen at 20:45 on Friday 30 April 1982. The 28-year-old male driver and an 80-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Apr 1982
Friday, 20:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74495, longitude -2.50958, in the BB2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackburn.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982040EC0511
Council area
Blackburn with Darwen
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6447
Road type
Single 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 80, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 1982040EC0511 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blackburn with Darwen road accident statistics for 1982.