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Unclassified road crash in Preston PR2 on 10 September 1997 at 13:30 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Preston at 13:30 on Wednesday 10 September 1997. A 60-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Sep 1997
Wednesday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Granada
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7911, longitude -2.71385, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fulwood.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704D075997
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199704D075997 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 1997.