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A6 crash in Chorley on 19 December 2011 at 16:45 involving a Kia Cerato

A Kia Cerato and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A6 in Chorley at 16:45 on Monday 19 December 2011. The 79-year-old male driver of the Kia Cerato, the 30-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper and a 77-year-old female passenger in the Kia Cerato were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2011
Monday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Kia Cerato and Mini Cooper
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68689, longitude -2.63947, in the PR6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Buckshaw & Whittle, Chorley, PR6 7HW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201104CA11161
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
30 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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
36%
Estimated chance it was slight
64%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 February 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kia Cerato

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Cerato)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Cerato)

    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 201104CA11161 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.