Serious A583 crash in Blackpool on 17 December 1986 at 16:20 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A583 in Blackpool at 16:20 on Wednesday 17 December 1986. A 68-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured and a 74-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Dec 1986
- Wednesday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1986040AB3198
- Council area
- Blackpool
- Police force
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 583
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 587
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 1986040AB3198 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 1986.