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A587 crash in Blackpool on 24 May 2010 at 00:05 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A587 in Blackpool at 00:05 on Monday 24 May 2010. The 18-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 May 2010
Monday, 00:05
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Peugeot 206
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80421, longitude -3.02477, in the FY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tyldesley, Blackpool, FY1 6RA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Blackpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201004AM10077
Council area
Blackpool
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
587
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
583

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)

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 201004AM10077 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 2010.