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Unclassified road crash in Preston PR2 on 30 April 2012 at 09:05 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat and a Scania bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Preston at 09:05 on Monday 30 April 2012. The 48-year-old male driver of the Scania bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Apr 2012
Monday, 09:05
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Passat and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79197, longitude -2.70377, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fulwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sharoe Green, Preston, PR2 9HZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201204DF12065
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by school crossing patrol

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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    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
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    9,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Scania)

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 201204DF12065 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 2012.