A6 crash in Preston on 29 December 1986 at 22:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A6 in Preston at 22:25 on Monday 29 December 1986. A 29-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1986; Monday, 22:25
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986040DC2722
Council area: Preston
Police force: Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 6
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1986040DC2722 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.