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Serious B5266 crash in Blackpool on 29 May 2003 at 13:12 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra hit a pedestrian on the B5266 in Blackpool at 13:12 on Thursday 29 May 2003. A 93-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and the 45-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
29 May 2003
Thursday, 13:12
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.81914, longitude -3.03486, in the FY3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brunswick, Blackpool, FY3 8HE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200304A028103
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5266
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 93, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

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 200304A028103 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.