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A677 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 21 November 1988 at 17:45 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A677 in Blackburn with Darwen at 17:45 on Monday 21 November 1988. A 75-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 1988
Monday, 17:45
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75618, longitude -2.51214, in the BB2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackburn.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1988040EA2979
Council area
Blackburn with Darwen
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
677
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 slight injury crash on 9 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1988040EA2979 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blackburn with Darwen road accident statistics for 1988.