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A6 crash in Chorley on 7 December 2006 at 18:43 involving a Vauxhall Omega

A Vauxhall Omega and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in Chorley at 18:43 on Thursday 7 December 2006. The 51-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 2006
Thursday, 18:43
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Omega and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67523, longitude -2.63501, 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 Chorley North East, Chorley, PR6 7DD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200604CC06121
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
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine 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
22%
Estimated chance it was slight
78%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    2,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 200604CC06121 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 2006.