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Fatal C road crash in Warrington WA4 on 19 December 1985 at 18:53 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Warrington at 18:53 on Thursday 19 December 1985. The 58-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was killed and the 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Dec 1985
Thursday, 18:53
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35521, longitude -2.54984, in the WA4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warrington

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985075D21775
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 58, 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 1985075D21775 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warrington road accident statistics for 1985.