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Serious unclassified road crash in Blackpool FY3 on 26 December 2001 at 15:33 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Blackpool at 15:33 on Wednesday 26 December 2001. A 6-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Dec 2001
Wednesday, 15:33
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83301, longitude -3.01028, 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 7UT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Blackpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200104A097501
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, 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 200104A097501 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.