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A5085 crash in Preston on 25 November 2001 at 15:00 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny and a Volvo 850 were involved in a crash on the A5085 in Preston at 15:00 on Sunday 25 November 2001. An 8-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Sunny, a 28-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 850 and the 33-year-old female driver of the Nissan Sunny were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Nov 2001
Sunday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Nissan Sunny and Volvo 850
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77504, longitude -2.69235, in the PR1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deepdale, Preston, PR1 6PA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200104D076701
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
Using private drive or entrance
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 7 January 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 850

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 850)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

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 200104D076701 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 2001.