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Unclassified road crash in Chorley PR7 on 9 September 1998 at 16:20 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chorley at 16:20 on Wednesday 9 September 1998. The 43-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Sep 1998
Wednesday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Volvo and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6544, longitude -2.63074, 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
199804C087398
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
Other 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 199804C087398 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.