Skip to main content
CrashStats

Unclassified road crash in Blackpool FY5 on 3 February 1994 at 15:45 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat, an Austin Metro and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Blackpool at 15:45 on Thursday 3 February 1994. A 5-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Passat was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Feb 1994
Thursday, 15:45
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Passat and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.86559, longitude -3.0264, in the FY5 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199404A009994
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
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199404A009994 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 1994.