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A586 crash in Blackpool on 23 August 1994 at 22:30 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Nissan Prairie were involved in a crash on the A586 in Blackpool at 22:30 on Tuesday 23 August 1994. A 58-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Prairie, a 20-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 59-year-old male driver of the Nissan Prairie were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Aug 1994
Tuesday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Nissan Prairie
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82566, longitude -3.03971, in the FY3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199404A119794
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
586
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5124

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 2 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Prairie

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Prairie)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Prairie)

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 199404A119794 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 1994.