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Serious A5073 crash in Blackpool on 20 October 1982 at 00:28 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter crashed on the A5073 in Blackpool at 00:28 on Wednesday 20 October 1982. The 18-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Oct 1982
Wednesday, 00:28
Vehicles
1
Motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80247, longitude -3.02896, in the FY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982040CD1460
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5073
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 1982040CD1460 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 1982.