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Unclassified road crash in Halton WA7 on 14 March 1990 at 15:40 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Halton at 15:40 on Wednesday 14 March 1990. A 69-year-old female passenger and a 9-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Mar 1990
Wednesday, 15:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.33714, longitude -2.73433, 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
1990070E20303
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1990070E20303 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.