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Serious unclassified road crash in Chorley PR6 on 15 March 1988 at 12:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chorley at 12:30 on Tuesday 15 March 1988. The 21-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Mar 1988
Tuesday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64944, longitude -2.61751, in the PR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chorley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1988040CA0433
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, 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 1988040CA0433 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.