Unclassified road crash in Preston on 20 December 1986 at 15:55 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Preston at 15:55 on Saturday 20 December 1986. A 38-year-old male pedestrian and a 6-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 20 Dec 1986; Saturday, 15:55
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986040DA2628
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: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
25 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 38, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1986040DA2628 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 1986.