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M61 crash in South Ribble on 24 November 2018 at 18:30 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on the M61 in South Ribble at 18:30 on Saturday 24 November 2018. The 45-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Nov 2018
Saturday, 18:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7195, longitude -2.6302, in the PR5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton, Chorley, PR5 8HR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201804SA18518
Council area
South Ribble
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
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
65

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 February 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

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 201804SA18518 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ribble road accident statistics for 2018.