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A5073 crash in Blackpool on 8 August 1997 at 10:25 involving a Mercedes 200 van

A Mercedes 200 van hit a pedestrian on the A5073 in Blackpool at 10:25 on Friday 8 August 1997. A 54-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Aug 1997
Friday, 10:25
Vehicles
1
Mercedes 200
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79928, longitude -3.04452, in the FY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704A058097
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5073
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 200

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes 200)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199704A058097 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.