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Serious unclassified road crash in Preston PR2 on 14 June 2002 at 13:11 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

A car and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Preston at 13:11 on Friday 14 June 2002. The 32-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry was seriously 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
Serious
Date
14 Jun 2002
Friday, 13:11
Vehicles
2
Car and Iveco-Ford
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79216, longitude -2.68611, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sharoe Green, Preston, PR2 9ZZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200204D032902
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    2,980 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (Iveco-Ford)

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 200204D032902 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 2002.