M6 crash in Chorley on 6 December 2006 at 17:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the M6 in Chorley at 17:40 on Wednesday 6 December 2006. The 49-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 6 Dec 2006; Wednesday, 17:40
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 200604TA06302
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: 6
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph
Trunk road: Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Road surface: Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded: Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious: 4%
Estimated chance it was slight: 96%

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Position at junction
Not at or within 20 metres of junction
Hit object off carriageway
Road sign or traffic signal
First point of impact
Front
Left-hand drive
No
Journey purpose
Journey as part of work
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Position at junction
Not at or within 20 metres of junction
First point of impact
Back
Left-hand drive
No
Journey purpose
Commuting to or from work
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
49 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 200604TA06302 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.