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Unclassified road crash in Preston PR1 on 25 April 1990 at 21:40 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Preston at 21:40 on Wednesday 25 April 1990. The 21-year-old female rider of the Suzuki motorcycle 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 T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Apr 1990
Wednesday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76648, longitude -2.69599, 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
1990040DA1133
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    98 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 1990040DA1133 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 1990.