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A6 crash in Chorley on 6 December 2018 at 09:05 involving a Jeep Cherokee

A Jeep Cherokee and a Lexmoto FMS 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in Chorley at 09:05 on Thursday 6 December 2018. The 28-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto FMS 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 2018
Thursday, 09:05
Vehicles
2
Jeep Cherokee and Lexmoto FMS 125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.63903, longitude -2.6175, in the PR7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorley East, Chorley, PR6 0LQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201804SC18303
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Unclassified

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
23%
Estimated chance it was slight
77%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Jeep Cherokee

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    2,685 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Lexmoto FMS 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Lexmoto FMS 125)

    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 201804SC18303 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 2018.