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M61 crash in Chorley on 17 September 2000 at 07:00 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra crashed on the M61 in Chorley at 07:00 on Sunday 17 September 2000. A 25-year-old male passenger and the 26-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Sep 2000
Sunday, 07:00
Vehicles
1
Nissan Micra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67365, longitude -2.62696, in the PR6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200004C078900
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
61
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
674

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 18 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

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 200004C078900 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.