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Fatal unclassified road crash in Blackpool FY4 on 26 December 1992 at 13:00 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro crashed on an unclassified road in Blackpool at 13:00 on Saturday 26 December 1992. The 64-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Dec 1992
Saturday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7998, longitude -3.01493, in the FY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992040AA3487
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single 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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 26 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 1992040AA3487 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 1992.