Serious B5247 crash in Chorley on 3 November 2015 at 18:01 involving a Citroen Berlingo
A Citroen Berlingo and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the B5247 in Chorley at 18:01 on Tuesday 3 November 2015. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Nov 2015
- Tuesday, 18:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Berlingo and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68067, longitude -2.80721, in the PR26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South, Chorley, PR26 9AX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chorley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201504SC15288
- 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
- 5247
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5248
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
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 October 1996.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B5248 in Chorley, 18 October 1996
At the same spotRef 199604C024696
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the B5247 in Chorley, 22 March 2000
At the same spotRef 200004C024200
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B5247 in Chorley, 9 January 2006
At the same spotRef 200604CC06005
Slight
Car crash on the B5247 in Chorley, 20 July 1985
At the same spotRef 1985040JN1041
Serious
Volvo 440 crash on the B5247 in Chorley, 6 December 2001
At the same spotRef 200104C110701
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B5247 in West Lancashire, 20 June 1997
At the same spotRef 199704C032897
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,720 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
- 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 201504SC15288 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.