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A6 crash in Chorley on 22 January 1991 at 17:35 involving a Leyland National bus

A Leyland National bus hit a pedestrian on the A6 in Chorley at 17:35 on Tuesday 22 January 1991. A 70-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jan 1991
Tuesday, 17:35
Vehicles
1
Leyland National
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6543, longitude -2.63301, in the PR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chorley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991040CA0102
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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 11 February 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland National

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland National)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation

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 1991040CA0102 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 1991.