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Serious A6 crash in Chorley on 19 April 1994 at 13:25 involving an Austin Morris Maxi

An Austin Morris Maxi crashed on the A6 in Chorley at 13:25 on Tuesday 19 April 1994. An 82-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 68-year-old male driver and a 78-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Apr 1994
Tuesday, 13:25
Vehicles
1
Austin Morris Maxi
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.60995, longitude -2.60484, in the PR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Adlington.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199404C021794
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Maxi

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Maxi)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Maxi)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Maxi)

    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 199404C021794 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.