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Unclassified road crash in Blackpool FY4 on 18 April 2003 at 15:35 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Blackpool at 15:35 on Friday 18 April 2003. The 38-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle and the 25-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Apr 2003
Friday, 15:35
Vehicles
2
Honda and Harley-Davidson
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79977, longitude -2.99703, in the FY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clifton, Blackpool, FY4 4TN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200304A017903
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
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,100 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Harley-Davidson

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    883 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson)

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 200304A017903 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 2003.