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Unclassified road crash in Chorley PR7 on 18 March 2023 at 21:55 involving a goods vehicle

A goods vehicle hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Chorley at 21:55 on Saturday 18 March 2023. A 33-year-old female pedestrian and a 6-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Mar 2023
Saturday, 21:55
Vehicles
1
Goods vehicle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64688, longitude -2.72957, in the PR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eccleston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard, Chorley, PR7 5SD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023041295112
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 25 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 April 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Goods vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Goods vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
    Home area deprivation
    10% least 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 2023041295112 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 2023.