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Fatal A6 crash in Preston on 1 December 1997 at 16:30 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Kawasaki Z750 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in Preston at 16:30 on Monday 1 December 1997. A 16-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series was killed and the 33-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki Z750 motorcycle and the 20-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 Dec 1997
Monday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Kawasaki Z750
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78293, longitude -2.71128, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fulwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704D105997
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki Z750

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    738 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki Z750)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

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 199704D105997 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.