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Fatal B6430 crash in Wyre on 19 December 1983 at 15:48 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the B6430 in Wyre at 15:48 on Monday 19 December 1983. An 11-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Dec 1983
Monday, 15:48
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.90623, longitude -2.7732, in the PR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Garstang.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983040BF1716
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6430
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 1983040BF1716 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre road accident statistics for 1983.