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Unclassified road crash in Preston PR1 on 19 December 2018 at 14:18 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Preston at 14:18 on Wednesday 19 December 2018. A 50-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2018
Wednesday, 14:18
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76294, longitude -2.69046, in the PR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the City Centre, Preston, PR1 1FB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201804SA18586
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
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
19%
Estimated chance it was slight
81%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 June 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 201804SA18586 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.