Unclassified road crash in Preston on 17 December 2008 at 17:45 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Preston at 17:45 on Wednesday 17 December 2008. The 42-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity: Slight
Date: 17 Dec 2008; Wednesday, 17:45
Vehicles: 2; Vauxhall Corsa and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 200804DF08262
Council area: Preston
Police force: Lancashire
Police attended the scene: Yes
Highway authority: Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Roundabout
Speed limit: 40 mph
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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded: Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious: 14%
Estimated chance it was slight: 86%

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
Position at junction
Entering roundabout
First point of impact
Front
Left-hand drive
No
Journey purpose
Other or not known
Driver sex
Female
Engine capacity
973 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
7 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Position at junction
Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
First point of impact
Nearside
Left-hand drive
No
Journey purpose
Other or not known
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
42 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 42, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 200804DF08262 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.