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Unclassified road crash in Preston PR1 on 1 May 2003 at 16:30 involving a Fiat Marea

A Fiat Marea hit three pedestrians on an unclassified road in Preston at 16:30 on Thursday 1 May 2003. A 24-year-old female pedestrian, a 1-year-old female pedestrian and a male pedestrian aged under 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 May 2003
Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Fiat Marea
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75957, longitude -2.69377, 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
200304D021403
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 22 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Marea

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,747 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Marea)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 1, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Marea)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged under 1, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Marea)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200304D021403 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.