Serious B6241 crash in Preston on 25 February 2007 at 19:18 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Gilera Dna 50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6241 in Preston at 19:18 on Sunday 25 February 2007. The 16-year-old male rider of the Gilera Dna 50 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Feb 2007
- Sunday, 19:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Gilera Dna 50
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78043, longitude -2.67742, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fulwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brookfield, Preston, PR2 6XX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200704DF07040
- 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
- 6241
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6242
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 July 2012.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 24 July 2012
9 m awayRef 201204DF12099
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B6241 in Preston, 17 October 2018
10 m awayRef 201804SA18451
Slight
Car crash on the B6241 in Preston, 19 March 1990
14 m awayRef 1990040DB0729
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 19 June 2012
17 m awayRef 201204DF12091
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B6242 in Preston, 14 November 2011
17 m awayRef 201104DF11088
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B6242 in Preston, 14 October 2003
22 m awayRef 200304D055403
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Gilera Dna 50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Gilera Dna 50)
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 200704DF07040 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 2007.