A59 crash in Preston on 13 May 2011 at 18:20 involving a Ford Escort
A car and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A59 in Preston at 18:20 on Friday 13 May 2011. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 27-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort 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
- 13 May 2011
- Friday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76434, longitude -2.6727, in the PR1 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
- 201104DF11029
- 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
- 59
- 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 2014.
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A59 in Preston, 15 January 2014
1 m awayRef 201404DF14005
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Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A59 in Preston, 13 November 2012
1 m awayRef 201204DF12164
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London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the A59 in Preston, 20 February 2009
5 m awayRef 200904DF09035
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A59 in Preston, 20 December 2010
5 m awayRef 201004DF10118
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Car crash on the A59 in Preston, 18 April 1981
5 m awayRef 1981040DB0558
Slight
Car crash on the A59 in Preston, 11 July 2005
5 m awayRef 200504DF05069
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- 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 201104DF11029 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 2011.