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B5252 crash in Chorley on 25 January 1988 at 17:15 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and two cars were involved in a crash on the B5252 in Chorley at 17:15 on Monday 25 January 1988. A 17-year-old female passenger on the motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jan 1988
Monday, 17:15
Vehicles
3
Motor scooter and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66688, longitude -2.63441, in the PR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chorley.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1988040CA0137
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5252
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
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 slight injury crash on 28 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor 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 1988040CA0137 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 1988.