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Fatal B5246 crash in West Lancashire on 24 August 1990 at 05:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B5246 in West Lancashire at 05:00 on Friday 24 August 1990. A 20-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Aug 1990
Friday, 05:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65571, longitude -2.87876, in the PR4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lancashire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990040CH1402
Council area
West Lancashire
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5246
Road type
Single 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 1990040CH1402 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lancashire road accident statistics for 1990.