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A562 crash in Halton on 21 December 1990 at 12:30 involving a DAF Trucks lorry

A DAF Trucks lorry and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A562 in Halton at 12:30 on Friday 21 December 1990. The 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1990
Friday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
DAF Trucks and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.3602, longitude -2.78281, in the WA8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Halton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990070D11984
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
562
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    8,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1990070D11984 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 1990.