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Fatal unclassified road crash in Blackpool FY4 on 2 September 1998 at 14:40 involving a Suzuki Supercarry

A Suzuki Supercarry hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Blackpool at 14:40 on Wednesday 2 September 1998. A 93-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
2 Sep 1998
Wednesday, 14:40
Vehicles
1
Suzuki Supercarry
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78533, longitude -3.04675, in the FY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool.

Map of where the crash happened in Blackpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804A065598
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
5262

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 slight injury crash on 14 May 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Supercarry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 93, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki Supercarry)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    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 199804A065598 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.