B6243 crash in Preston on 16 May 2011 at 16:40 involving a Rover 45
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 May 2011
- Monday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Rover 45
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76492, longitude -2.68331, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201104DF11030
- 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
- 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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2025.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B6243 in Preston, 15 November 2025
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Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B6243 in Preston, 8 August 2019
4 m awayRef 2019040867015
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B6243 in Preston, 15 October 2019
4 m awayRef 2019040890783
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B6243 in Preston, 19 January 2022
5 m awayRef 2022041134052
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the B6243 in Preston, 30 November 2002
5 m awayRef 200204D067302
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B6243 in Preston, 14 April 2000
5 m awayRef 200004D020900
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 45
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 201104DF11030 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.