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A59 crash in Preston on 13 June 1996 at 16:10 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi and a Ford Escort taxi were involved in a crash on the A59 in Preston at 16:10 on Thursday 13 June 1996. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort taxi and a 27-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort taxi were 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
13 Jun 1996
Thursday, 16:10
Vehicles
2
Carbodies Taxi and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76043, longitude -2.68633, in the PR1 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
199604D019596
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 199604D019596 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 1996.