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Unclassified road crash in Preston PR2 on 9 October 1992 at 16:30 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus crashed on an unclassified road in Preston at 16:30 on Friday 9 October 1992. An 87-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Oct 1992
Friday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Leyland
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77402, longitude -2.71386, 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
1992040DA2635
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
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 5 October 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 87, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 1992040DA2635 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 1992.