B5393 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 27 March 1992 at 02:55 involving a Lotus Esprit
A Lotus Esprit crashed on the B5393 in Cheshire West and Chester at 02:55 on Friday 27 March 1992. The 42-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Mar 1992
- Friday, 02:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Lotus Esprit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25901, longitude -2.75188, in the WA6 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1992072A30387
- Council area
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Police force
- Cheshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5393
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 67 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 2008.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B5393 in Cheshire West and Chester, 21 July 2008
67 m awayRef 2008070216990
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B5393 in Cheshire West and Chester, 1 March 1995
73 m awayRef 1995075A30297
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B5393 in Cheshire West and Chester, 3 April 1985
89 m awayRef 1985075E20404
Serious
Lorry crash on the B5393 in Cheshire West and Chester, 20 February 1989
89 m awayRef 1989079E20224
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B5393 in Cheshire West and Chester, 27 January 1997
112 m awayRef 1997077A30146
Fatal
BMW 5 Series crash on the B5393 in Cheshire West and Chester, 9 June 2005
136 m awayRef 2005070502466
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Lotus Esprit
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,174 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lotus Esprit)
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 1992072A30387 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 1992.