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Serious A6 crash in Preston on 30 September 2019 at 10:50 involving a Land Rover Range Rover

A Land Rover Range Rover and a Renault Scenic were involved in a crash on the A6 in Preston at 10:50 on Monday 30 September 2019. The 81-year-old male driver of the Renault Scenic and a 78-year-old female passenger in the Renault Scenic were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Sep 2019
Monday, 10:50
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Range Rover and Renault Scenic
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8228, longitude -2.73511, in the PR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barton.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019040883230
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
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,926 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least 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 2019040883230 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 2019.