A583 crash in Blackpool on 22 December 1986 at 15:15 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A583 in Blackpool at 15:15 on Monday 22 December 1986. The 35-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1986; Monday, 15:15
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986040AB3258
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: 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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
20 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
35 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 35, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 1986040AB3258 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.