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A559 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 19 November 1996 at 21:50 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A559 in Cheshire West and Chester at 21:50 on Tuesday 19 November 1996. The 25-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series, the 45-year-old female driver of the Ford Sierra and a 70-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Nov 1996
Tuesday, 21:50
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Ford Sierra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25536, longitude -2.52697, in the CW8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996076A31795
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
559
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5374

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 30 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1996076A31795 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.