Serious B5253 crash in South Ribble on 15 June 2019 at 16:10 involving an Abarth 500
An Abarth 500 hit a pedestrian on the B5253 in South Ribble at 16:10 on Saturday 15 June 2019. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Jun 2019
- Saturday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Abarth 500
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69124, longitude -2.72279, in the PR26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leyland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadfield, South Ribble, PR25 1QY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019040853770
- Council area
- South Ribble
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5253
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5248
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 2017.
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the B5248 in South Ribble, 24 November 2017
6 m awayRef 201704SC17306
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B5253 in South Ribble, 29 October 2016
10 m awayRef 201604SC16299
Slight
Van crash on the B5248 in South Ribble, 2 February 1989
13 m awayRef 1989040DC0365
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B5248 in South Ribble, 14 January 1995
13 m awayRef 199504M001895
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B5248 in South Ribble, 20 June 1990
13 m awayRef 1990040DC1591
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B5248 in South Ribble, 2 June 2000
13 m awayRef 200004C047500
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Abarth 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Abarth 500)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2019040853770 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ribble road accident statistics for 2019.