B6243 crash in Preston on 20 January 2009 at 05:45 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the B6243 in Preston at 05:45 on Tuesday 20 January 2009. The 51-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jan 2009
- Tuesday, 05:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77022, longitude -2.67103, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Matthew's, Preston, PR1 5EX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200904DF09008
- 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
- 6243
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5085
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 2009.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B6243 in Preston, 3 April 2009
At the same spotRef 200904DF09067
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A5085 in Preston, 26 October 1984
At the same spotRef 1984040DC1530
Slight
Lorry crash on the A5085 in Preston, 7 November 1984
At the same spotRef 1984040DB1607
Slight
Car crash on the B6243 in Preston, 24 February 2010
At the same spotRef 201004DF10014
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A5085 in Preston, 25 January 2010
At the same spotRef 201004DR10005
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B6243 in Preston, 4 May 2008
At the same spotRef 200804DF08087
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 200904DF09008 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.