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Unclassified road crash in Blackpool FY4 on 24 December 2009 at 01:45 involving a Ford C-Max

A Ford C-Max and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Blackpool at 01:45 on Thursday 24 December 2009. The 16-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206 and a 16-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 206 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 2009
Thursday, 01:45
Vehicles
2
Ford C-Max and Peugeot 206
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79242, longitude -3.01629, in the FY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hawes Side, Blackpool, FY4 4XR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200904AM09241
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford C-Max

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 200904AM09241 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 2009.