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Fatal A5085 crash in Preston on 29 December 1987 at 23:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A5085 in Preston at 23:30 on Tuesday 29 December 1987. The 43-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 10-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were killed, one other person was seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
29 Dec 1987
Tuesday, 23:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
4
2 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77538, longitude -2.69568, in the PR1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987040DB3154
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5085
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 May 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: 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 1987040DB3154 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.