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Serious A586 crash in Wyre on 8 December 1992 at 18:50 involving a BMW 3 Series

Two BMW 3 Series cars were involved in a crash on the A586 in Wyre at 18:50 on Tuesday 8 December 1992. The 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 57-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Dec 1992
Tuesday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.86058, longitude -2.83819, in the PR3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992040BE1805
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
586
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

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 1992040BE1805 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre road accident statistics for 1992.