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Serious unclassified road crash in Blackpool FY4 on 19 December 1984 at 23:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Blackpool at 23:10 on Wednesday 19 December 1984. The 46-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Dec 1984
Wednesday, 23:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7926, longitude -3.01672, in the FY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool.

Map of where the crash happened in Blackpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1984040CD1827
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 September 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1984040CD1827 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 1984.