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Unclassified road crash in Chorley PR7 on 4 January 2000 at 06:00 involving a Mitsubishi L300 van

A Mitsubishi L300 van and a Nissan D21 van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chorley at 06:00 on Tuesday 4 January 2000. The 53-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi L300 van, the 19-year-old female driver of the Nissan D21 van and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Nissan D21 van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jan 2000
Tuesday, 06:00
Vehicles
2
Mitsubishi L300 and Nissan D21
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6662, longitude -2.64319, in the PR7 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200004C000600
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
T or staggered 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi L300

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan D21

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi L300)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan D21)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan D21)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200004C000600 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 2000.