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M61 crash in Chorley on 20 December 1995 at 02:45 involving a MAN lorry

A car and a MAN lorry were involved in a crash on the M61 in Chorley at 02:45 on Wednesday 20 December 1995. The 50-year-old male driver of the MAN lorry was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 1995
Wednesday, 02:45
Vehicles
2
Car and MAN
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65934, longitude -2.61372, in the PR6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199504C030295
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
61
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 110 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 November 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: MAN

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (MAN)

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 199504C030295 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.