B6243 crash in Preston on 19 December 1986 at 13:40 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the B6243 in Preston at 13:40 on Friday 19 December 1986. A 78-year-old female passenger and a 63-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 19 Dec 1986; Friday, 13:40
Vehicles: 1; Bus or coach
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986040DA2654
Council area: Preston
Police force: Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 6243
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 78, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
Bus or coach passenger
Standing passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 63, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
Bus or coach passenger
Standing 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 1986040DA2654 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.