B5253 crash in Chorley on 25 November 2011 at 15:00 involving a Ford Maverick
A Ford Maverick, a Peugeot 206 and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B5253 in Chorley at 15:00 on Friday 25 November 2011. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Nov 2011
- Friday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Maverick and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66649, longitude -2.72411, in the PR7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South, Chorley, PR7 6EN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chorley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201104CA11127
- 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
- 5253
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5253
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
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 26 May 2011.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5253 in Chorley, 26 May 2011
1 m awayRef 201104CC11051
Slight
Car crash on the B5253 in South Ribble, 13 December 1983
31 m awayRef 1983040JD1816
Slight
Car crash on the B5253 in Chorley, 21 December 1979
34 m awayRef 1979040JD2030
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B5253 in South Ribble, 14 February 2009
34 m awayRef 200904CL09008
Slight
Car crash on the B5253 in Chorley, 19 January 1987
35 m awayRef 1987040CA0079
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B5253 in Chorley, 7 August 1998
43 m awayRef 199804C072198
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Maverick
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,663 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 3 (Other vehicle)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 74, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 3 (Other vehicle)
- 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 201104CA11127 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.