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Unclassified road crash in Preston PR1 on 8 August 2000 at 09:02 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Preston at 09:02 on Tuesday 8 August 2000. A 36-year-old male passenger in the Leyland bus, the 47-year-old male driver of the Leyland bus and the 41-year-old male driver of the Volvo bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Aug 2000
Tuesday, 09:02
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Leyland
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75829, longitude -2.69769, 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
200004D044500
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    6 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

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 200004D044500 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.