M65 crash in Chorley on 1 November 2023 at 17:52 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A car and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the M65 in Chorley at 17:52 on Wednesday 1 November 2023. The 38-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Nov 2023
- Wednesday, 17:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.71683, longitude -2.59932, in the PR6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chorley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023041369640
- Council area
- Chorley
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 65
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M65 in Chorley, 30 September 2012
44 m awayRef 201204TA12137
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the M65 in Chorley, 10 December 2012
61 m awayRef 201204TA12201
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M65 in Chorley, 22 October 2019
101 m awayRef 2019040946683
Serious
Ford Transit Custom crash on the M65 in Chorley, 7 August 2022
139 m awayRef 2022041206641
Slight
Car crash on the B5256 in Chorley, 12 November 1979
164 m awayRef 1979040JA1804
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M65 in Chorley, 2 January 2012
180 m awayRef 201204TA12001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2023041369640 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.