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Unclassified road crash in Chorley PR7 on 16 June 1997 at 16:20 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Chorley at 16:20 on Monday 16 June 1997. A 48-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 crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jun 1997
Monday, 16:20
Vehicles
1
Nissan Sunny
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65206, longitude -2.63192, 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
199704C029397
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 serious injury crash on 7 January 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 199704C029397 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.