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Serious A6 crash in Chorley on 18 September 2005 at 18:00 involving a Daewoo Nexia

A Daewoo Nexia crashed on the A6 in Chorley at 18:00 on Sunday 18 September 2005. A 44-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 24-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Sep 2005
Sunday, 18:00
Vehicles
1
Daewoo Nexia
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.62358, longitude -2.6114, in the PR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Adlington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorley South East & Heath Charnock, Chorley, PR7 4DH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200504CC05041
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daewoo Nexia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daewoo Nexia)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daewoo Nexia)

    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 200504CC05041 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 2005.