B5252 crash in Chorley on 7 March 2011 at 16:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B5252 in Chorley at 16:40 on Monday 7 March 2011. The 27-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 55-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Mar 2011
- Monday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.63899, longitude -2.65083, in the PR7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorley South West, Chorley, PR7 2JP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chorley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201104CA11023
- Council area
- Chorley
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5252
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 9 December 2014.
Fatal
Nissan Almera crash on the B5252 in Chorley, 9 December 2014
At the same spotRef 201404SC14094
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Chorley, 13 June 2011
1 m awayRef 201104CA11137
Slight
Mini One crash on the B5252 in Chorley, 18 December 2023
2 m awayRef 2023041390739
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on an unclassified road in Chorley, 27 March 2010
3 m awayRef 201004CA10024
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on a C road in Chorley, 10 August 2009
3 m awayRef 200904CA09067
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the B5252 in Chorley, 19 November 2012
7 m awayRef 201204CA12215
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 201104CA11023 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 2011.