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A581 crash in Chorley on 5 September 1996 at 11:20 involving a Ford Escort

A lorry and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A581 in Chorley at 11:20 on Thursday 5 September 1996. The male driver of the lorry and a 39-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were 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
5 Sep 1996
Thursday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65357, longitude -2.63542, in the PR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chorley.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604C021696
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
581
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 14 April 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 199604C021696 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.