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Serious unclassified road crash in Halton WA7 on 9 May 1981 at 17:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Halton at 17:30 on Saturday 9 May 1981. The 53-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 May 1981
Saturday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.3356, longitude -2.69075, in the WA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Runcorn.

Map of where the crash happened in Halton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981071E20533
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 46 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1981071E20533 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 1981.