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Fatal B5248 crash in Chorley on 26 March 1993 at 23:55 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra crashed on the B5248 in Chorley at 23:55 on Friday 26 March 1993. The 27-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Mar 1993
Friday, 23:55
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68364, longitude -2.77956, in the PR26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993040CF0165
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5248
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, 53 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,792 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

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 1993040CF0165 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 1993.