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Unclassified road crash in Preston PR2 on 2 November 1991 at 16:50 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Vauxhall Viva were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Preston at 16:50 on Saturday 2 November 1991. A 38-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Viva was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 1991
Saturday, 16:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Vauxhall Viva
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77616, longitude -2.67035, in the PR2 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
1991040DB2953
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Viva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,760 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Viva)

    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 1991040DB2953 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 1991.