A59 crash in Preston on 24 December 1986 at 15:40 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the A59 in Preston at 15:40 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. A 58-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 15:40
Vehicles: 2; Bus or coach and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986040DA2683
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: 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 (2)

Vehicle 1: 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
34 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
46 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 58, 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 1986040DA2683 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.