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Unclassified road crash in Preston PR2 on 16 October 1997 at 21:20 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra, a Peugeot 309 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Preston at 21:20 on Thursday 16 October 1997. The 24-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 309, a 27-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 309 and a 28-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 309 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 1997
Thursday, 21:20
Vehicles
3
Ford Sierra and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76945, longitude -2.66372, in the PR2 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
199704D113797
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 309)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 309)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 309)

    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 199704D113797 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.