A6 crash in Preston on 31 January 2009 at 11:45 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and an Aprilia RS 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in Preston at 11:45 on Saturday 31 January 2009. The 18-year-old male rider of the Aprilia RS 125 motorcycle was 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
- 31 Jan 2009
- Saturday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Aprilia RS 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76024, longitude -2.68726, in the PR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the City Centre, Preston, PR1 1FB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200904DA09019
- 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
- 6
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 59
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A6 in Preston, 19 March 2018
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Car crash on the A6 in Preston, 8 January 2007
At the same spotRef 200704DA07006
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Ford Transit crash on the A6 in Preston, 2 June 2007
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Alexander Dennis crash on the A59 in Preston, 3 October 2016
At the same spotRef 201604SA16460
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Leyland crash on the A6 in Preston, 11 April 2003
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Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A59 in Preston, 25 July 2016
At the same spotRef 201604SA16433
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Aprilia RS 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia RS 125)
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 200904DA09019 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 2009.