Unclassified road crash in Preston PR1 on 23 February 2008 at 13:00 involving a Chrysler PT Cruiser
A Chrysler PT Cruiser and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Preston at 13:00 on Saturday 23 February 2008. The 35-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Feb 2008
- Saturday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Chrysler PT Cruiser and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75448, longitude -2.70491, 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 8JY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200804DA08036
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 2010.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 13 February 2010
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100 m awayRef 200504DA05119
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 21 November 1987
114 m awayRef 1987040DA2900
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 26 March 1983
133 m awayRef 1983040DB0443
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 7 July 1996
170 m awayRef 199604D022896
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 28 March 1997
180 m awayRef 199704D012097
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Chrysler PT Cruiser
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,429 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 200804DA08036 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 2008.