Serious B5268 crash in Blackpool on 25 October 2023 at 18:30 involving a Dacia Sandero
A Dacia Sandero and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B5268 in Blackpool at 18:30 on Wednesday 25 October 2023. The 81-year-old female driver of the Dacia Sandero was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Oct 2023
- Wednesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dacia Sandero and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8351, longitude -3.01719, in the FY3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park, Blackpool, FY3 7JW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Blackpool
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023041367097
- Council area
- Blackpool
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5268
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 586
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
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2006.
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A586 in Blackpool, 5 October 2006
3 m awayRef 200604AN06117
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A586 in Blackpool, 12 December 2023
9 m awayRef 2023041387463
Slight
Seat Arosa crash on an unclassified road in Blackpool, 25 November 2003
9 m awayRef 200304A074203
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A586 in Blackpool, 18 January 2012
9 m awayRef 201204AN12006
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A586 in Blackpool, 16 May 2013
9 m awayRef 201304AN13056
Serious
Car crash on the A586 in Blackpool, 24 April 1979
9 m awayRef 1979040CG0467
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dacia Sandero
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dacia Sandero)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 2023041367097 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 2023.