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A584 crash in Blackpool on 2 July 1985 at 19:55

Two vehicles were involved in a crash on the A584 in Blackpool at 19:55 on Tuesday 2 July 1985. All seven casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jul 1985
Tuesday, 19:55
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and another
Casualties
7
7 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79846, longitude -3.05589, in the FY4 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985040CD0817
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
584
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 87, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

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 1985040CD0817 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 1985.