A6 crash in Preston on 23 December 1986 at 16:50 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the A6 in Preston at 16:50 on Tuesday 23 December 1986. The 29-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 16:50
Vehicles: 2; Bus or coach and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986040DB2677
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: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: B
Second road number: 6242

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: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
38 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
29 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1986040DB2677 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.