B6241 crash in Preston on 28 September 2008 at 13:35 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306, a Vauxhall Astra and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B6241 in Preston at 13:35 on Sunday 28 September 2008. The 32-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra 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
- 28 Sep 2008
- Sunday, 13:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 306 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7848, longitude -2.68341, in the PR2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200804DF08187
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 June 1987.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B6241 in Preston, 19 June 1987
At the same spotRef 1987040DB1363
Slight
Optare crash on the B6241 in Preston, 29 August 2010
At the same spotRef 201004DR10071
Slight
Lorry crash on the B6241 in Preston, 20 February 2020
5 m awayRef 2020040932386
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 6 March 2008
10 m awayRef 200804DF08049
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6241 in Preston, 24 September 2007
10 m awayRef 200704DF07212
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B6241 in Preston, 29 March 1995
14 m awayRef 199504L010795
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 200804DF08187 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.