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B6227 crash in Chorley on 4 March 1998 at 19:45 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A car, a Vauxhall Cavalier and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on the B6227 in Chorley at 19:45 on Wednesday 4 March 1998. The 34-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Mar 1998
Wednesday, 19:45
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.616, longitude -2.59933, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804C021698
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6227
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199804C021698 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 1998.