B6242 crash in Preston on 6 March 2006 at 13:44 involving a Mini One
A Mini One and a car were involved in a crash on the B6242 in Preston at 13:44 on Monday 6 March 2006. The 19-year-old female driver of the Mini One and the 55-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Mar 2006
- Monday, 13:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini One and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77794, longitude -2.68845, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fulwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deepdale, Preston, PR1 6PA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200604DF06048
- Council area
- Preston
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6242
- 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
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 2025.
Slight
Peugeot 5008 GT Mhev Auto crash on the B6242 in Preston, 29 September 2025
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Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B6242 in Preston, 23 April 2013
9 m awayRef 201304DF13040
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 22 December 2016
10 m awayRef 201604SA16601
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 12 October 2005
10 m awayRef 200504DF05140
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6242 in Preston, 11 November 2010
10 m awayRef 201004DR10099
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B6242 in the Ribble Valley, 1 June 1998
10 m awayRef 199804D033398
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini One)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200604DF06048 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.