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Fatal A584 crash in Blackpool on 10 July 1998 at 10:40 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series crashed on the A584 in Blackpool at 10:40 on Friday 10 July 1998. The 77-year-old male driver was killed and a 71-year-old female passenger was 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
Fatal
Date
10 Jul 1998
Friday, 10:40
Vehicles
1
Rover 400 Series
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.86939, longitude -3.04368, in the FY5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804A050898
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
584
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
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 24 July 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199804A050898 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 1998.