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Unclassified road crash in Blackpool FY1 on 3 January 2018 at 04:00 involving a Suzuki Ignis

A Suzuki Ignis and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Blackpool at 04:00 on Wednesday 3 January 2018. The 25-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jan 2018
Wednesday, 04:00
Vehicles
2
Suzuki Ignis and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79983, longitude -3.0547, 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201804WA18001
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
Other 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
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
27%
Estimated chance it was slight
73%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Ignis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,328 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    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
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 201804WA18001 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 2018.