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A49 crash in Chorley on 6 March 1995 at 19:27 involving a van

A van and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A49 in Chorley at 19:27 on Monday 6 March 1995. The 26-year-old male driver of the other vehicle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Mar 1995
Monday, 19:27
Vehicles
2
Van and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65956, longitude -2.67455, in the PR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buckshaw Village and Euxton.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199504C005495
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
49
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 199504C005495 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 1995.