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Serious A54 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 28 March 1990 at 20:50 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

A Vauxhall Chevette, a Kawasaki EX250 motorcycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A54 in Cheshire West and Chester at 20:50 on Wednesday 28 March 1990. A 17-year-old male passenger on the Kawasaki EX250 motorcycle was seriously injured and the 18-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki EX250 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Mar 1990
Wednesday, 20:50
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Chevette and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.1985, longitude -2.40113, in the CW4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990070E10352
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
54
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
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 slight injury crash on 7 May 1983.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki EX250

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    249 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki EX250)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki EX250)

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 1990070E10352 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire West and Chester road accident statistics for 1990.