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A583 crash in Blackpool on 17 April 1997 at 22:10 involving a Nissan Cherry

A Nissan Cherry and a DAF Trucks 220 bus were involved in a crash on the A583 in Blackpool at 22:10 on Thursday 17 April 1997. The 29-year-old female driver of the Nissan Cherry and the 41-year-old male driver of the DAF Trucks 220 bus 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 private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Apr 1997
Thursday, 22:10
Vehicles
2
Nissan Cherry and DAF Trucks 220
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80633, longitude -3.02921, 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
199704A022597
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
583
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
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 28 April 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks 220

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    11,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Cherry)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks 220)

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 199704A022597 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 1997.