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B5262 crash in Blackpool on 26 April 2013 at 15:55 involving an Optare bus

An Optare bus hit a pedestrian on the B5262 in Blackpool at 15:55 on Friday 26 April 2013. An 82-year-old male pedestrian was 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
26 Apr 2013
Friday, 15:55
Vehicles
1
Optare
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80709, longitude -3.05522, in the FY1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bloomfield, Blackpool, FY1 6JH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Blackpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201304AM13044
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
31%
Estimated chance it was slight
69%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 April 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    6,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Optare)

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

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 201304AM13044 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 2013.