A50 crash in Warrington on 11 March 1994 at 08:30 involving an Austin Metro
An Austin Metro and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A50 in Warrington at 08:30 on Friday 11 March 1994. The 20-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Mar 1994
- Friday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Austin Metro and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38527, longitude -2.56226, in the WA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warrington.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1994074B20336
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 50
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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 4 June 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A50 in Warrington, 4 June 2003
At the same spotRef 2003070303183
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A50 in Warrington, 22 October 1994
At the same spotRef 1994074B21446
Slight
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A50 in Warrington, 2 December 2021
9 m awayRef 2021070834876
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A50 in Warrington, 27 September 1995
10 m awayRef 1995075B21419
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A50 in Warrington, 6 October 1995
10 m awayRef 1995075B21497
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A50 in Warrington, 27 May 1994
14 m awayRef 1994074B20689
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)
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 1994074B20336 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.