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A59 crash in Preston on 19 May 1982 at 19:40 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A59 in Preston at 19:40 on Wednesday 19 May 1982. A 32-year-old male passenger in the bus or coach, a 45-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach and a 20-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach were 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
19 May 1982
Wednesday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75606, longitude -2.71113, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982040DB0600
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
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 4 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

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 1982040DB0600 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 1982.