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A583 crash in Preston on 15 March 1998 at 01:00 involving a Fiat Punto

A car and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A583 in Preston at 01:00 on Sunday 15 March 1998. The 27-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto and a 17-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Mar 1998
Sunday, 01:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Fiat Punto
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76291, longitude -2.70821, 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
199804D016798
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
583
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 May 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 199804D016798 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 1998.