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A585 crash in Fylde on 5 April 2004 at 07:43 involving a Citroen Xantia

A Citroen Xantia and a Proton Wira were involved in a crash on the A585 in Fylde at 07:43 on Monday 5 April 2004. The 37-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xantia was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Apr 2004
Monday, 07:43
Vehicles
2
Citroen Xantia and Proton Wira
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78584, longitude -2.89394, in the PR4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirkham, Fylde, PR4 2DQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Fylde

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200404A016904
Council area
Fylde
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
585
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Proton Wira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,469 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xantia)

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 200404A016904 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 2004.