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Serious unclassified road crash in Chorley PR7 on 12 October 2007 at 15:16 involving a Renault Scenic

A Renault Scenic and a Daewoo Matiz were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chorley at 15:16 on Friday 12 October 2007. The 54-year-old female driver of the Daewoo Matiz was seriously injured and the 39-year-old female driver of the Renault Scenic was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Oct 2007
Friday, 15:16
Vehicles
2
Renault Scenic and Daewoo Matiz
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.63727, longitude -2.65682, in the PR7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard, Chorley, PR7 3QP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200704CC07124
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
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Scenic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daewoo Matiz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Matiz)

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 200704CC07124 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 2007.