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B5268 crash in Blackpool on 18 July 2001 at 15:10 involving a Volvo 940

A Volvo 940 hit a pedestrian on the B5268 in Blackpool at 15:10 on Wednesday 18 July 2001. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jul 2001
Wednesday, 15:10
Vehicles
1
Volvo 940
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83601, longitude -3.01674, in the FY3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park, Blackpool, FY3 7JW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200104A046501
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5268
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 940)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200104A046501 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 2001.