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A5018 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 10 August 1993 at 17:10 involving a Leyland lorry

A Leyland lorry and a Leyland National bus were involved in a crash on the A5018 in Cheshire West and Chester at 17:10 on Tuesday 10 August 1993. A 36-year-old female passenger in the Leyland National bus and a 54-year-old female passenger in the Leyland National bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Aug 1993
Tuesday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Leyland and Leyland National
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.20848, longitude -2.49615, in the CW10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993073A11186
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5018
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5336

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 10 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland National

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

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 1993073A11186 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 1993.