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Unclassified road crash in Chorley PR7 on 31 July 1996 at 15:15 involving a Rover 100 Series

A Rover 100 Series hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Chorley at 15:15 on Wednesday 31 July 1996. A 9-year-old male pedestrian was slightly 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
Slight
Date
31 Jul 1996
Wednesday, 15:15
Vehicles
1
Rover 100 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65377, longitude -2.63104, in the PR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chorley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604C019196
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 100 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 199604C019196 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.