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Serious unclassified road crash in Chorley BL6 on 26 July 2025 at 14:12 involving a Nissan Qashqai

A Nissan Qashqai and a Honda CRF1000A motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chorley at 14:12 on Saturday 26 July 2025. The 27-year-old male rider of the Honda CRF1000A motorcycle was seriously 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
26 Jul 2025
Saturday, 14:12
Vehicles
2
Nissan Qashqai and Honda CRF1000A
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.62416, longitude -2.56437, in the BL6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Adlington & Anderton, Chorley, BL6 7SB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025041621130
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 April 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CRF1000A

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CRF1000A)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 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 2025041621130 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 2025.