A49 crash in Chorley on 31 December 1986 at 14:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A49 in Chorley at 14:00 on Wednesday 31 December 1986. A 32-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 14:00
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986040CA1896
Council area: Chorley
Police force: Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 49
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 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: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
64 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
37 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger

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 1986040CA1896 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.