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A6 crash in Chorley on 3 March 2015 at 14:45 involving a Mercedes E Class

A Mercedes E Class and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A6 in Chorley at 14:45 on Tuesday 3 March 2015. The 63-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class and the 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Mar 2015
Tuesday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Mercedes E Class and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61256, longitude -2.60457, in the PR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Adlington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Adlington & Anderton, Chorley, PR6 9RN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201504SC15055
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
6227

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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 201504SC15055 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 2015.