B5252 crash in Chorley on 4 November 2012 at 12:30 involving a Rover 75
A Rover 75 and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the B5252 in Chorley at 12:30 on Sunday 4 November 2012. A 16-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira and an 8-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 2012
- Sunday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 75 and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65936, longitude -2.65955, in the PR7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Euxton, Chorley, PR7 6NT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chorley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201204CA12206
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 581
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 2014.
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the B5252 in Chorley, 4 July 2014
2 m awayRef 201404CA14140
Slight
Van crash on the B5252 in Chorley, 5 January 2011
5 m awayRef 201104CA11002
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B5252 in Chorley, 28 April 2009
9 m awayRef 200904CA09033
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A581 in Chorley, 24 January 2007
15 m awayRef 200704CA07005
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B5252 in Chorley, 12 November 2007
19 m awayRef 200704CA07118
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A581 in Chorley, 29 October 2021
29 m awayRef 2021041105895
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 75
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- 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 201204CA12206 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.