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A6 crash in Chorley on 21 December 1979 at 16:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A6 in Chorley at 16:15 on Friday 21 December 1979. A 76-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and the 19-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1979
Friday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64116, longitude -2.61905, in the PR7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979040JA2028
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1979040JA2028 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chorley road accident statistics for 1979.