Unclassified road crash in Preston PR2 on 26 December 2016 at 23:44 involving a Peugeot 107
A Peugeot 107, a taxi and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Preston at 23:44 on Monday 26 December 2016. The 51-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 107 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2016
- Monday, 23:44
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 107 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77847, longitude -2.69029, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fulwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deepdale, Preston, PR1 6PA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201604SA16606
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 2008.
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 14 July 2008
10 m awayRef 200804DF08140
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the B6241 in Preston, 10 May 2010
10 m awayRef 201004DR10035
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B6242 in Preston, 19 January 2007
28 m awayRef 200704DF07013
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the B6242 in Preston, 20 September 2011
39 m awayRef 201104DR11084
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6242 in Preston, 7 October 1981
50 m awayRef 1981040DC1453
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Sport crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 28 September 2015
51 m awayRef 201504SA15441
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 107)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 201604SA16606 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 2016.