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A6 crash in Chorley on 7 March 1991 at 13:10 involving a Toyota Hiace minibus

A Toyota Hiace minibus and an Austin Montego were involved in a crash on the A6 in Chorley at 13:10 on Thursday 7 March 1991. The 30-year-old male driver of the Austin Montego was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Mar 1991
Thursday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Toyota Hiace and Austin Montego
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65917, longitude -2.63081, 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
1991040CA0358
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
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
B
Second road number
6229

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hiace

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Montego)

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 1991040CA0358 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.