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Serious unclassified road crash in Preston PR1 on 24 July 1993 at 22:36 involving a Volkswagen Derby

A Volkswagen Derby and a Datsun 160 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Preston at 22:36 on Saturday 24 July 1993. A 29-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Derby was seriously injured and the 27-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Derby 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
Serious
Date
24 Jul 1993
Saturday, 22:36
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Derby and Datsun 160
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74868, longitude -2.71268, in the PR1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199304D137593
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Derby

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Datsun 160

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Derby)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Derby)

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 199304D137593 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.