A59 crash in Preston on 10 August 2012 at 21:45 involving a Volvo V70
A Volvo V70 and a Fiat Stilo were involved in a crash on the A59 in Preston at 21:45 on Friday 10 August 2012. A 37-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Stilo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Aug 2012
- Friday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo V70 and Fiat Stilo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76569, longitude -2.66529, in the PR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ribbleton, Preston, PR1 4UH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201204DF12136
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 May 1987.
Serious
Car crash on the A59 in Preston, 27 May 1987
5 m awayRef 1987040DA1143
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A59 in Preston, 13 February 2018
5 m awayRef 201804SA18094
Slight
Car crash on the A59 in Preston, 12 September 1980
5 m awayRef 1980040DB1311
Slight
Car crash on the A59 in Preston, 20 December 1980
5 m awayRef 1980040DB1950
Slight
Car crash on the A59 in Preston, 10 August 1986
5 m awayRef 1986040DA1753
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A59 in Preston, 24 February 2004
7 m awayRef 200404D012204
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Stilo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Stilo)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201204DF12136 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.