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Unclassified road crash in Chorley L40 on 14 December 2005 at 16:51 involving a Toyota Hiace van

A Toyota Hiace van and an Isuzu Trooper were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chorley at 16:51 on Wednesday 14 December 2005. The 40-year-old male driver of the Toyota Hiace van and the 65-year-old female driver of the Isuzu Trooper were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 2005
Wednesday, 16:51
Vehicles
2
Toyota Hiace and Isuzu Trooper
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.63068, longitude -2.75335, in the L40 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200504CC05065
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
40 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
Dark, no street lighting
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
18%
Estimated chance it was slight
82%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hiace

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Isuzu Trooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    3,059 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Isuzu Trooper)

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 200504CC05065 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.