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A49 crash in Warrington on 12 January 1994 at 18:04 involving a Seddon/Atkinson lorry

A car and a Seddon/Atkinson lorry were involved in a crash on the A49 in Warrington at 18:04 on Wednesday 12 January 1994. The 83-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jan 1994
Wednesday, 18:04
Vehicles
2
Car and Seddon/Atkinson
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44009, longitude -2.58375, in the WA3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warrington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994074B20047
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
49
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
6

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 February 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seddon/Atkinson

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1994074B20047 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warrington road accident statistics for 1994.