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Fatal B5259 crash in Fylde on 26 October 1998 at 01:00 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series crashed on the B5259 in Fylde at 01:00 on Monday 26 October 1998. The 18-year-old female driver was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Oct 1998
Monday, 01:00
Vehicles
1
Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74644, longitude -2.9454, in the FY8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fylde

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804A080498
Council area
Fylde
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5259
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

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 199804A080498 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fylde road accident statistics for 1998.