Serious A59 crash in Preston on 4 November 2019 at 16:10 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206, a Nissan Qashqai and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A59 in Preston at 16:10 on Monday 4 November 2019. The 47-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 was seriously injured and the 40-year-old male driver of the Nissan Qashqai and the 18-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Nov 2019
- Monday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 206 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76561, longitude -2.6497, in the PR1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ribbleton, Preston, PR1 4UH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019040897970
- 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
- 59
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A59 in Preston, 24 October 2018
2 m awayRef 201804SA18470
Slight
Car crash on the A59 in Preston, 7 August 1983
2 m awayRef 1983040DC1135
Serious
Land Rover Defender crash on an unclassified road in Preston, 17 June 1994
16 m awayRef 199404L103694
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A59 in Preston, 16 October 1996
32 m awayRef 199604D032896
Slight
Seddon/Atkinson crash on the A59 in Preston, 15 May 1992
32 m awayRef 1992040DA1222
Serious
Car crash on the A59 in the Ribble Valley, 10 April 1999
32 m awayRef 199904D018599
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mini Cooper)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019040897970 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.