A6 crash in Chorley on 7 October 2012 at 13:53 involving a Renault Clio
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Oct 2012
- Sunday, 13:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64764, longitude -2.62774, in the PR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chorley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorley North West, Chorley, PR7 2TX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201204CA12173
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 November 2008.
Serious
Car crash on the A6 in Chorley, 21 November 2008
7 m awayRef 200804CA08134
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Chorley, 8 May 2013
10 m awayRef 201304CA13096
Slight
Seat Leon crash on an unclassified road in Chorley, 28 November 2012
12 m awayRef 201204CA12221
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Chorley, 11 June 1995
14 m awayRef 199504C015095
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A6 in Chorley, 8 September 1980
14 m awayRef 1980040JA1258
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A6 in Chorley, 6 July 2025
20 m awayRef 2025041615058
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 48, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201204CA12173 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 2012.