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M6 crash in Preston on 20 May 2004 at 16:30 involving a Renault Kangoo van

A car and a Renault Kangoo van were involved in a crash on the M6 in Preston at 16:30 on Thursday 20 May 2004. The 38-year-old male driver of the Renault Kangoo van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 May 2004
Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Renault Kangoo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77281, longitude -2.64042, in the PR2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ribbleton, Preston, PR2 6EY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200404D028504
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
59

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Kangoo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Kangoo)

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 200404D028504 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 2004.