A6 crash in Preston on 30 December 1986 at 18:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A6 in Preston at 18:45 on Tuesday 30 December 1986. A 29-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 18:45
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986040DA2705
Council area: Preston
Police force: Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 6
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: A
Second road number: 59

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
28 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
43 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat 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 1986040DA2705 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.