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A5085 crash in Preston on 5 November 2002 at 18:15 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Nissan Primera were involved in a crash on the A5085 in Preston at 18:15 on Tuesday 5 November 2002. The 32-year-old male driver of the Nissan Primera was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Nov 2002
Tuesday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Nissan Primera
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76612, longitude -2.66399, in the PR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ribbleton, Preston, PR2 6NN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200204D062302
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Primera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Primera)

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 200204D062302 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.