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Serious M65 crash in Chorley on 24 January 2024 at 13:30 involving a BMW M1

A car and a BMW M1 were involved in a crash on the M65 in Chorley at 13:30 on Wednesday 24 January 2024. The 43-year-old male driver of the BMW M1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jan 2024
Wednesday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Car and BMW M1
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.71601, longitude -2.5647, in the PR6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorley North East, Chorley, PR6 8BL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024041406153
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
No
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
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, 15 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 May 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW M1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,979 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW M1)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

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 2024041406153 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 2024.