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A6 crash in Chorley on 22 December 2004 at 07:46 involving a Honda XR125L motorcycle

A Honda XR125L motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A6 in Chorley at 07:46 on Wednesday 22 December 2004. A 22-year-old female pedestrian and the 35-year-old male rider were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 2004
Wednesday, 07:46
Vehicles
1
Honda XR125L
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68348, longitude -2.63876, in the PR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whittle-le-Woods. It is one of the crashes that make up the Buckshaw & Whittle, Chorley, PR6 7HW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200404C120704
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
45%
Estimated chance it was slight
55%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda XR125L

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda XR125L)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda XR125L)

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 200404C120704 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 2004.