B6242 crash in Preston on 6 June 2008 at 17:15 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B6242 in Preston at 17:15 on Friday 6 June 2008. An 11-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus and a 9-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were 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
- 6 Jun 2008
- Friday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77843, longitude -2.68209, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200804DF08109
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 January 2011.
Serious
Chrysler PT Cruiser crash on the B6242 in Preston, 15 January 2011
9 m awayRef 201104DR11006
Serious
Bus crash on the B6241 in Preston, 11 April 1989
10 m awayRef 1989040DB0869
Serious
Renault crash on the B6241 in Preston, 2 December 1992
10 m awayRef 1992040DB3252
Slight
Renault crash on the B6241 in Preston, 29 May 1992
10 m awayRef 1992040DB1387
Serious
Citroen AX crash on the B6241 in the Ribble Valley, 11 October 1999
10 m awayRef 199904D058499
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B6241 in the Ribble Valley, 28 August 1998
10 m awayRef 199804D055398
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200804DF08109 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.