B6242 crash in Preston on 3 February 2008 at 14:05 involving a Volkswagen Beetle
A Volkswagen Beetle and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the B6242 in Preston at 14:05 on Sunday 3 February 2008. The 24-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and a 3-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra 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
- 3 Feb 2008
- Sunday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Beetle and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77777, longitude -2.68739, 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
- 200804DF08024
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 October 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the B6242 in Preston, 12 October 1983
At the same spotRef 1983040DC1449
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B6242 in Preston, 20 January 2011
6 m awayRef 201104DR11010
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B6242 in Preston, 26 September 2011
8 m awayRef 201104DF11069
Slight
Bus crash on the B6241 in Preston, 17 March 1983
10 m awayRef 1983040DC0401
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6242 in Preston, 24 August 2005
10 m awayRef 200504DF05104
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B6241 in Preston, 31 December 2009
10 m awayRef 200904DR09104
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 200804DF08024 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.