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A6 crash in Chorley on 11 October 2012 at 21:40 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic and a Vauxhall Meriva were involved in a crash on the A6 in Chorley at 21:40 on Thursday 11 October 2012. A 48-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Meriva and a 7-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Meriva were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Oct 2012
Thursday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Honda Civic and Vauxhall Meriva
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.62882, longitude -2.60986, in the PR7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorley South East & Heath Charnock, Chorley, PR7 4DH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201204CA12177
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
673

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 201204CA12177 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.