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A5085 crash in Preston on 5 October 2000 at 11:50 involving a Citroen AX

A car and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the A5085 in Preston at 11:50 on Thursday 5 October 2000. The 26-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Oct 2000
Thursday, 11:50
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen AX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77399, longitude -2.68702, 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
200004D063300
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5085
Road type
Single carriageway
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 28 May 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

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 200004D063300 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.