A584 crash in Blackpool on 18 December 1986 at 11:25 involving a van

A van crashed on the A584 in Blackpool at 11:25 on Thursday 18 December 1986. The 21-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 18 Dec 1986; Thursday, 11:25
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986040AB3209
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: Raining with high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Lamp post
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1986040AB3209 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.