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A6 crash in Preston on 2 February 2003 at 13:10 involving a Vauxhall Calibra

A Vauxhall Calibra and a Fiat Brava were involved in a crash on the A6 in Preston at 13:10 on Sunday 2 February 2003. The 56-year-old female driver of the Fiat Brava and a 25-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Brava were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Feb 2003
Sunday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Calibra and Fiat Brava
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7644, longitude -2.699, in the PR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the City Centre, Preston, PR1 1FB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200304D010703
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
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Calibra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Brava

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,581 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Brava)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Brava)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200304D010703 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 2003.