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Serious B5468 crash in Preston on 1 September 2025 at 13:00 involving a Toyota Yaris

An e-scooter and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the B5468 in Preston at 13:00 on Monday 1 September 2025. The 13-year-old male rider of the e-scooter was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Sep 2025
Monday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
E-scooter and Toyota Yaris
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78078, longitude -2.75838, in the PR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cottam.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025041635941
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5468
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: E-scooter

    Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    E-scooter
    Vehicle was an e-scooter
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    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
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, on vehicle 1 (E-scooter)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km
    E-scooter
    Casualty was using an e-scooter

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 2025041635941 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 2025.