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Serious C road crash in Blackpool FY4 on 15 November 1997 at 15:30 involving a Nissan

A Nissan and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on a C road in Blackpool at 15:30 on Saturday 15 November 1997. The 31-year-old male driver of the Nissan, a 6-year-old female passenger in the Nissan and the 58-year-old female driver of the Toyota Carina were seriously 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
Serious
Date
15 Nov 1997
Saturday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Nissan and Toyota Carina
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7975, longitude -3.0422, 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
199704A083697
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

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 199704A083697 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 1997.