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Serious A587 crash in Blackpool on 7 November 1990 at 19:00 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A587 in Blackpool at 19:00 on Wednesday 7 November 1990. A 15-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Nov 1990
Wednesday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.87524, longitude -3.04337, in the FY5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990040AE2974
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
587
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 July 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, hit by 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 1990040AE2974 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 1990.