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Serious unclassified road crash in Chorley PR6 on 13 February 1991 at 06:25 involving a Renault 18

A Renault 18 and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chorley at 06:25 on Wednesday 13 February 1991. The 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 27-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were seriously injured and a 27-year-old male passenger in the Renault 18 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Feb 1991
Wednesday, 06:25
Vehicles
2
Renault 18 and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65631, longitude -2.62669, 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
1991040CA0266
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 18

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,647 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 18)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1991040CA0266 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.