Serious A533 crash in Halton on 22 March 1995 at 09:10 involving a Ford Escort
Seven vehicles, including two cars and two Ford Escorts, were involved in a crash on the A533 in Halton at 09:10 on Wednesday 22 March 1995. The 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Mar 1995
- Wednesday, 09:10
- Vehicles
- 7
- Ford Escort and 6 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34116, longitude -2.73935, in the WA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Runcorn.
Map of where the crash happened in Halton
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1995075B40400
- Council area
- Halton
- Police force
- Cheshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 533
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 2015.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A533 in Halton, 12 December 2015
8 m awayRef 2015075371297
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A533 in Halton, 11 March 2010
10 m awayRef 2010070069051
Slight
Car crash on the A533 in Halton, 7 June 1999
10 m awayRef 1999079B40801
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A533 in Halton, 12 September 1997
10 m awayRef 1997077B41286
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on the A533 in Halton, 16 October 1995
10 m awayRef 1995075B41561
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A533 in Halton, 1 October 1995
10 m awayRef 1995075B41457
Vehicles involved (7)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,119 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 5: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 6: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Vehicle 7: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 1995075B40400 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.