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Serious B6242 crash in Preston on 22 December 2000 at 12:00 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B6242 in Preston at 12:00 on Friday 22 December 2000. The 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured and a female passenger aged under 1 in the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 2000
Friday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Nissan Micra and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77812, longitude -2.68876, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fulwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200004D079000
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6242
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol and LPG
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 200004D079000 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.