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M6 crash in Chorley on 28 January 1997 at 18:25 involving a Hyundai Pony

A Hyundai Pony crashed on the M6 in Chorley at 18:25 on Tuesday 28 January 1997. The 76-year-old male driver, a 33-year-old male passenger and a 45-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jan 1997
Tuesday, 18:25
Vehicles
1
Hyundai Pony
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61389, longitude -2.6906, in the PR7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704C002897
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Pony

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Pony)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Pony)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Pony)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199704C002897 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 1997.