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Serious A587 crash in Blackpool on 9 August 1993 at 16:20 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A587 in Blackpool at 16:20 on Monday 9 August 1993. The 70-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Aug 1993
Monday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Fiat Uno and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.86772, longitude -3.03938, 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
199304A144993
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
587
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 199304A144993 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 1993.