A6 crash in Wyre on 16 June 2019 at 17:29 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A6 in Wyre at 17:29 on Sunday 16 June 2019. The 46-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jun 2019
- Sunday, 17:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Freelander and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83299, longitude -2.73825, in the PR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barton, Preston.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019040908999
- Council area
- Wyre
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6
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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 2002.
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A6 in Preston, 3 May 2002
18 m awayRef 200204D024502
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Preston, 5 March 1988
18 m awayRef 1988040DB0506
Serious
Honda crash on the A6 in Preston, 13 March 1992
18 m awayRef 1992040DB0686
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A6 in Preston, 20 May 1995
18 m awayRef 199504L016495
Slight
Ford Transit Courier crash on the A6 in Preston, 10 January 2024
25 m awayRef 2024041396903
Serious
Kia Sedona crash on the A6 in Preston, 15 September 2005
26 m awayRef 200504DF05119
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019040908999 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre road accident statistics for 2019.