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Serious unclassified road crash in Chorley PR7 on 7 December 2014 at 21:05 involving a Renault Master van

A Renault Master van crashed on an unclassified road in Chorley at 21:05 on Sunday 7 December 2014. The 26-year-old male driver, a 33-year-old male passenger and a 33-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Dec 2014
Sunday, 21:05
Vehicles
1
Renault Master
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.675, longitude -2.69668, in the PR7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201404SC14090
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, no street lighting
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Master

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    2,463 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Master)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Master)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Master)

    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 201404SC14090 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 2014.