Serious A581 crash in Chorley on 11 October 2019 at 17:51 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the A581 in Chorley at 17:51 on Friday 11 October 2019. The 44-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured and the 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Oct 2019
- Friday, 17:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.65386, longitude -2.63454, in the PR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chorley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorley North West, Chorley, PR7 2TX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chorley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019040886984
- 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
- 581
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2011.
Slight
Optare crash on the A581 in Chorley, 20 September 2011
18 m awayRef 201104CA11090
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A581 in Chorley, 26 September 2002
20 m awayRef 200204C091702
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A581 in Chorley, 23 October 1999
20 m awayRef 199904C098399
Slight
Car crash on the A581 in Chorley, 6 December 1983
22 m awayRef 1983040JA1766
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A581 in Chorley, 2 June 2009
22 m awayRef 200904CA09046
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A581 in Chorley, 2 October 2019
23 m awayRef 2019040884273
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2019040886984 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 2019.