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Serious C road crash in Preston PR2 on 12 May 2009 at 14:10 involving a Piaggio Zip motorcycle

A Piaggio Zip motorcycle hit two pedestrians on a C road in Preston at 14:10 on Tuesday 12 May 2009. A 37-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 25-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 May 2009
Tuesday, 14:10
Vehicles
1
Piaggio Zip
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78631, longitude -2.71743, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fulwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greyfriars, Preston, PR2 8XN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200904DL09072
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 April 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Zip

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Piaggio Zip)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Piaggio Zip)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200904DL09072 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.