Unclassified road crash in Preston PR1 on 2 April 2013 at 16:28 involving a Transbus Int
A Transbus Int crashed on an unclassified road in Preston at 16:28 on Tuesday 2 April 2013. An 83-year-old female passenger and a 73-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Apr 2013
- Tuesday, 16:28
- Vehicles
- 1
- Transbus Int
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76158, longitude -2.69729, in the PR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the City Centre, Preston, PR1 1FB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201304DA13019
- Council area
- Preston
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 1996.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 17 August 1996
11 m awayRef 199604D026796
Slight
Ford Capri crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 27 November 1995
15 m awayRef 199504D036795
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 12 May 2005
18 m awayRef 200504DA05010
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 7 January 1999
18 m awayRef 199904D001599
Slight
Opel Kadett crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 12 June 1995
18 m awayRef 199504D016895
Slight
Ford Granada crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 5 December 2002
21 m awayRef 200204D070102
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Transbus Int
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,268 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 83, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Transbus Int)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 73, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Transbus Int)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 201304DA13019 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 2013.