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Serious A673 crash in Chorley on 19 January 1996 at 21:15 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A673 in Chorley at 21:15 on Friday 19 January 1996. A 41-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jan 1996
Friday, 21:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61727, longitude -2.59738, in the PR6 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
199604C001996
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
673
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
6227

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199604C001996 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 1996.