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Serious A6 crash in Chorley on 10 March 1994 at 14:45 involving a Triumph Acclaim

A Triumph Acclaim and a Honda C90ZZ motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in Chorley at 14:45 on Thursday 10 March 1994. The 59-year-old female driver of the Triumph Acclaim and the 42-year-old male rider of the Honda C90ZZ motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Mar 1994
Thursday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Triumph Acclaim and Honda C90ZZ
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6615, longitude -2.63039, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199404C016394
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Acclaim

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,335 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda C90ZZ

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    90 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Acclaim)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda C90ZZ)

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 199404C016394 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 1994.