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A584 crash in Fylde on 17 February 1992 at 08:30 involving a Volkswagen Beetle

A Volkswagen Beetle and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on the A584 in Fylde at 08:30 on Monday 17 February 1992. The 20-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Beetle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Feb 1992
Monday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Beetle and Ford Cortina
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77708, longitude -3.05398, in the FY8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool.

Map of where the crash happened in Fylde

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992040AB0382
Council area
Fylde
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
584
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 slight injury crash on 13 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,285 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)

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 1992040AB0382 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fylde road accident statistics for 1992.