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Serious C road crash in Halton WA8 on 30 October 1993 at 02:33 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Rover 800 Series were involved in a crash on a C road in Halton at 02:33 on Saturday 30 October 1993. A 21-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Escort and the 32-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Oct 1993
Saturday, 02:33
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Rover 800 Series
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35934, longitude -2.73516, in the WA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Widnes.

Map of where the crash happened in Halton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993073B11403
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
562

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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 serious injury crash on 19 October 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 1993073B11403 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.