Serious A56 crash in Halton on 22 December 1979 at 02:15 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A56 in Halton at 02:15 on Saturday 22 December 1979. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and the 24-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 22 Dec 1979; Saturday, 02:15
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197907LMCDE40
Council area: Halton
Police force: Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 56
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 197907LMCDE40 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Halton road accident statistics for 1979.