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C road crash in Preston PR1 on 25 December 1996 at 10:54 involving a Fiat Tipo

A Fiat Tipo and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Preston at 10:54 on Wednesday 25 December 1996. The 42-year-old male driver of the Fiat Tipo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 1996
Wednesday, 10:54
Vehicles
2
Fiat Tipo and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77187, longitude -2.71261, 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
199604D041296
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 February 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Tipo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,372 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Tipo)

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 199604D041296 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.