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M55 crash in Preston on 24 May 1993 at 10:15 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the M55 in Preston at 10:15 on Monday 24 May 1993. The 40-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 May 1993
Monday, 10:15
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8004, longitude -2.72099, in the PR2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199304D120893
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
55
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
6

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 7 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 199304D120893 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 1993.