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C road crash in Preston PR1 on 7 December 2003 at 19:01 involving a Toyota Celica

A Toyota Celica and a Vauxhall Omega were involved in a crash on a C road in Preston at 19:01 on Sunday 7 December 2003. A female passenger aged under 1 in the Vauxhall Omega and a 9-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Omega were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 2003
Sunday, 19:01
Vehicles
2
Toyota Celica and Vauxhall Omega
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76792, longitude -2.71211, in the PR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plungington, Preston, PR1 7XB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200304D067103
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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 16 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Celica

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Omega)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Omega)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200304D067103 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.