M6 crash in Chorley on 16 December 1986 at 09:30 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the M6 in Chorley at 09:30 on Tuesday 16 December 1986. A 23-year-old female pedestrian hit by the lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 16 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 09:30
Vehicles: 2; Lorry and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986040CA1803
Council area: Chorley
Police force: Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class: Motorway
First road number: 6
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

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: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
24 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
24 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)
Pedestrian location
On footway or verge
Pedestrian movement
Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 1986040CA1803 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 1986.