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Unclassified road crash in Preston PR2 on 3 June 1982 at 14:05 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on an unclassified road in Preston at 14:05 on Thursday 3 June 1982. A 15-year-old female passenger and a 14-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jun 1982
Thursday, 14:05
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76596, longitude -2.72313, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982040DB0699
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 February 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (roof)
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1982040DB0699 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.