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A6 crash in Preston on 7 March 1987 at 07:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A6 in Preston at 07:15 on Saturday 7 March 1987. The 39-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Mar 1987
Saturday, 07:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76121, longitude -2.69059, in the PR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987040DA0458
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
6063

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow
Special conditions at the site
Auto traffic signal, out
Carriageway hazards
Defective traffic signals

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, 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 1987040DA0458 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 1987.