B6242 crash in Preston on 31 January 2015 at 14:55 involving a Mini One
A Mini One and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6242 in Preston at 14:55 on Saturday 31 January 2015. The 41-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2015
- Saturday, 14:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini One and Honda
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77755, longitude -2.70922, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fulwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plungington, Preston, PR1 7XB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201504SA15061
- 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
- 6242
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the B6242 in Preston, 14 October 1989
10 m awayRef 1989040DB2655
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 19 August 2005
14 m awayRef 200504DF05098
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the B6241 in Preston, 18 December 2014
27 m awayRef 201404SA14190
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B6242 in Preston, 22 March 2022
30 m awayRef 2022041157730
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B6242 in Preston, 16 December 2001
30 m awayRef 200104D082101
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B6242 in Preston, 23 November 2002
30 m awayRef 200204D065202
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Honda
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 918 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda)
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 201504SA15061 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 2015.