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A5085 crash in Preston on 27 June 2018 at 14:30 involving a DAF Trucks lorry

A DAF Trucks lorry hit a pedestrian on the A5085 in Preston at 14:30 on Wednesday 27 June 2018. A 71-year-old male pedestrian 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
27 Jun 2018
Wednesday, 14:30
Vehicles
1
DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77238, longitude -2.72066, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cadley, Preston, PR2 2EY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201804SA18274
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
5085
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
28%
Estimated chance it was slight
72%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    10,837 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, hit by vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 201804SA18274 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 2018.