A587 crash in Wyre on 11 July 1997 at 16:00 involving a Nissan Sunny
A Nissan Sunny, a car and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A587 in Wyre at 16:00 on Friday 11 July 1997. The 23-year-old male driver of the Nissan Sunny and the 55-year-old female driver of the car were slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jul 1997
- Friday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Sunny and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.9194, longitude -3.02909, in the FY7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fleetwood.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199704B042897
- Council area
- Wyre
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 587
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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 serious injury crash on 4 May 1996.
Serious
FSO Cars 125 crash on the A587 in Wyre, 4 May 1996
At the same spotRef 199604G008396
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A587 in Wyre, 30 January 1998
At the same spotRef 199804B008498
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A587 in Wyre, 22 September 2004
At the same spotRef 200404B060604
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the A587 in Wyre, 4 April 2023
5 m awayRef 2023041297166
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A587 in Wyre, 17 August 2013
6 m awayRef 201304BC13153
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A587 in Wyre, 11 November 2002
10 m awayRef 200204B072102
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,270 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 3: Yamaha
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 749 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 199704B042897 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 1997.