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Unclassified road crash in Preston PR3 on 26 May 2000 at 17:59 involving a Vauxhall Belmont

A Vauxhall Belmont and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Preston at 17:59 on Friday 26 May 2000. The 41-year-old female driver of the car and a 16-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a muddy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 May 2000
Friday, 17:59
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Belmont and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80027, longitude -2.69732, in the PR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broughton.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200004D028500
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Mud
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Mud

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Belmont

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 200004D028500 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 2000.