Serious A5115 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 15 October 1996 at 08:22 involving a Nissan Primera
A Nissan Primera and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A5115 in Cheshire West and Chester at 08:22 on Tuesday 15 October 1996. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured. Four of them were pedestrians.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Oct 1996
- Tuesday, 08:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Primera and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 5
- 2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.18864, longitude -2.85631, in the CH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chester.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1996076A11527
- Council area
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Police force
- Cheshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5115
- Road type
- Single 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 2019.
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the A5115 in Cheshire West and Chester, 28 September 2019
16 m awayRef 2019070560987
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire West and Chester, 13 January 2025
21 m awayRef 2025070034526
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire West and Chester, 1 July 2000
22 m awayRef 2000070010455
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A5115 in Cheshire West and Chester, 7 December 1996
22 m awayRef 1996076A11926
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A5115 in Cheshire West and Chester, 23 September 2015
24 m awayRef 2015075283981
Serious
Peugeot Boxer crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire West and Chester, 10 July 2018
25 m awayRef 2018070209026
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Bus stop or bus shelter
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 16, hit by vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
Casualty 3: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 21, hit by vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
Casualty 4: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 19, hit by vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
Casualty 5: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 51, hit by vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
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 1996076A11527 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire West and Chester road accident statistics for 1996.