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Serious M61 crash in Chorley on 14 January 2012 at 12:20 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van hit a pedestrian on the M61 in Chorley at 12:20 on Saturday 14 January 2012. A 32-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jan 2012
Saturday, 12:20
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66628, longitude -2.62073, in the PR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chorley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorley North & Astley, Chorley, PR6 7DE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201204TA12004
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
61
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 201204TA12004 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.