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A557 crash in Halton on 15 February 1995 at 08:40 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A557 in Halton at 08:40 on Wednesday 15 February 1995. A 16-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Nova and the 30-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Feb 1995
Wednesday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.31456, longitude -2.70797, in the WA7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Halton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995075B40216
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
557
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1995075B40216 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 1995.