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Serious unclassified road crash in Chorley PR7 on 19 December 1998 at 12:45 involving a Citroen ZX

A Citroen ZX and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chorley at 12:45 on Saturday 19 December 1998. The 30-year-old female driver of the Citroen ZX and the 38-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Dec 1998
Saturday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Citroen ZX and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66873, longitude -2.68862, in the PR7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804C124798
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,342 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen ZX)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

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 199804C124798 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.