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A6 crash in Preston on 2 February 1990 at 09:05 involving a Colt Cordia

A Colt Cordia and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in Preston at 09:05 on Friday 2 February 1990. The 67-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Feb 1990
Friday, 09:05
Vehicles
2
Colt Cordia and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78787, longitude -2.71258, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fulwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990040DB0304
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
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
Daylight
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 15 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Colt Cordia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1990040DB0304 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.