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A6 crash in Preston on 3 October 2017 at 16:50 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery and a Honda CBR600F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in Preston at 16:50 on Tuesday 3 October 2017. The 30-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR600F motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Oct 2017
Tuesday, 16:50
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Discovery and Honda CBR600F
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80993, longitude -2.72374, in the PR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broughton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Preston Rural East, Preston, PR3 5JH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201704SA17405
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
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5269

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CBR600F

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR600F)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 201704SA17405 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 2017.