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Unclassified road crash in Chorley PR7 on 6 December 2023 at 15:30 involving a Citroen C1

A Citroen C1 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Chorley at 15:30 on Wednesday 6 December 2023. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 2023
Wednesday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Citroen C1
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.64175, longitude -2.61977, in the PR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chorley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorley East, Chorley, PR6 0LQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023041383579
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
30 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
A
Second road number
6

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Other
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)

    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2023041383579 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.