A568 crash in Halton on 8 May 1993 at 21:33 involving a Jaguar XJ Series
A Jaguar XJ Series and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A568 in Halton at 21:33 on Saturday 8 May 1993. The 32-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, a 33-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 5-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 1993
- Saturday, 21:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jaguar XJ Series and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38961, longitude -2.73794, in the WA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Widnes.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1993073B10544
- Council area
- Halton
- Police force
- Cheshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 568
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5080
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2014.
Slight
Lexmoto XTR 125 crash on the A5080 in Halton, 24 May 2014
1 m awayRef 2014074147579
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A568 in Halton, 17 November 1993
10 m awayRef 1993073B11504
Slight
ERF crash on the A5080 in Halton, 8 February 1994
10 m awayRef 1994074B10173
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A5080 in Halton, 28 January 2003
10 m awayRef 2003070300589
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A5080 in Halton, 7 December 2009
14 m awayRef 2009070383739
Slight
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the A5080 in Halton, 30 June 2012
14 m awayRef 2012070181282
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XJ Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,919 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 957 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat 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 1993073B10544 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 1993.