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A50 crash in Cheshire East on 15 June 1990 at 10:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra, an Austin Metro and a Leyland lorry were involved in a crash on the A50 in Cheshire East at 10:50 on Friday 15 June 1990. The 42-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jun 1990
Friday, 10:50
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.2067, longitude -2.36677, in the CW4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Holmes Chapel.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990070B20641
Council area
Cheshire East
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
50
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Leyland

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 1990070B20641 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire East road accident statistics for 1990.