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A557 crash in Halton on 31 January 1986 at 10:55 involving a van

A vehicle and a van were involved in a crash on the A557 in Halton at 10:55 on Friday 31 January 1986. The 19-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jan 1986
Friday, 10:55
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.31643, longitude -2.73998, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986076E20125
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
557
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 1986076E20125 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 1986.