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B5262 crash in Blackpool on 2 October 2002 at 20:20 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Malaguti F-15 Firefox motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B5262 in Blackpool at 20:20 on Wednesday 2 October 2002. The 16-year-old male rider of the Malaguti F-15 Firefox motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Oct 2002
Wednesday, 20:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Malaguti F-15 Firefox
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78998, longitude -3.04856, in the FY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Waterloo, Blackpool, FY4 2BX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200204A070502
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5262
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Malaguti F-15 Firefox

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Malaguti F-15 Firefox)

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 200204A070502 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 2002.