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Serious A5072 crash in Preston on 24 May 1980 at 22:20 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5072 in Preston at 22:20 on Saturday 24 May 1980. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 15-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were seriously 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
Serious
Date
24 May 1980
Saturday, 22:20
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75835, longitude -2.71906, in the PR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980040DB0709
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5072
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, motorcyclist, 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 1980040DB0709 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Preston road accident statistics for 1980.