B6243 crash in Preston on 18 February 2015 at 16:25 involving a Mercedes C Class
A car and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the B6243 in Preston at 16:25 on Wednesday 18 February 2015. The 45-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class 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
- 18 Feb 2015
- Wednesday, 16:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79125, longitude -2.63856, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ribbleton, Preston, PR2 5AP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201504SA15076
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 2024.
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the B6243 in Preston, 7 June 2024
5 m awayRef 2024041453117
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B6243 in Preston, 18 January 2007
10 m awayRef 200704DF07011
Slight
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the B6243 in Preston, 22 December 2006
10 m awayRef 200604DF06301
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6243 in Preston, 29 August 1983
14 m awayRef 1983040DC1251
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B6243 in Preston, 3 June 2011
14 m awayRef 201104DR11053
Serious
Nissan Note crash on the B6243 in Preston, 29 November 2019
15 m awayRef 2019040905244
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
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 201504SA15076 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.