Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious B5268 crash in Blackpool on 13 December 1990 at 16:45 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 hit a pedestrian on the B5268 in Blackpool at 16:45 on Thursday 13 December 1990. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Dec 1990
Thursday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Renault 5
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83664, longitude -3.01642, in the FY3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool.

Map of where the crash happened in Blackpool

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990040AA3302
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5268
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
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 20 November 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 1990040AA3302 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 1990.