C road crash in Preston PR1 on 18 December 2006 at 22:45 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus hit two pedestrians on a C road in Preston at 22:45 on Monday 18 December 2006. A 23-year-old male pedestrian and a 22-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2006
- Monday, 22:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volvo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75633, longitude -2.71055, 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 8SQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200604DA06206
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 42%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 58%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 1981.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A59 in Preston, 7 October 1981
10 m awayRef 1981040DB1451
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on a C road in Preston, 19 November 1997
14 m awayRef 199704D100197
Slight
Ford Orion crash on a C road in Preston, 1 December 1995
14 m awayRef 199504D037395
Serious
Bicycle crash on a C road in Preston, 7 July 1999
14 m awayRef 199904D036999
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Preston, 30 August 1999
14 m awayRef 199904D047099
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on a C road in Preston, 24 January 2000
14 m awayRef 200004D003600
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- 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 200604DA06206 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 2006.