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Unclassified road crash in Preston PR1 on 12 December 2003 at 22:30 involving a Peugeot 406

A Peugeot 406 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Preston at 22:30 on Friday 12 December 2003. A 33-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 2003
Friday, 22:30
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 406
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75847, longitude -2.69739, 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
200304D070103
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 13 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 200304D070103 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.