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A59 crash in Preston on 10 December 2020 at 07:10 involving a Citroen C3

A Citroen C3 hit a pedestrian on the A59 in Preston at 07:10 on Thursday 10 December 2020. An 11-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 2020
Thursday, 07:10
Vehicles
1
Citroen C3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76437, longitude -2.67256, in the PR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Matthew's, Preston, PR1 5EX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020041005739
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 January 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    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 2020041005739 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 2020.