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Unclassified road crash in Blackpool FY4 on 23 December 1983 at 10:30 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Blackpool at 10:30 on Friday 23 December 1983. A 70-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1983
Friday, 10:30
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80338, longitude -3.02701, in the FY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983040CD1751
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, 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 1983040CD1751 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 1983.