A5085 crash in Preston on 19 December 2008 at 13:10 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A5085 in Preston at 13:10 on Friday 19 December 2008. The 22-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306, a 27-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 306 and a 35-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2008
- Friday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77399, longitude -2.68718, in the PR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. 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
- 200804DF08263
- Council area
- Preston
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5085
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2014.
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the A5085 in Preston, 17 March 2014
3 m awayRef 201404DF14043
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A5085 in Preston, 5 October 2000
10 m awayRef 200004D063300
Serious
Van crash on the A5085 in Preston, 3 November 1984
10 m awayRef 1984040DB1585
Slight
Daihatsu Terios crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 16 January 2004
10 m awayRef 200404D003004
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A5085 in Preston, 24 January 1998
10 m awayRef 199804D004598
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A5085 in Preston, 28 May 2000
10 m awayRef 200004D028000
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- 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 200804DF08263 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.