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C road crash in Cheshire West and Chester WA6 on 17 December 1996 at 17:15 involving a Mazda 323

A Mazda 323 and a Seat Cordoba were involved in a crash on a C road in Cheshire West and Chester at 17:15 on Tuesday 17 December 1996. The 46-year-old male driver of the Seat Cordoba was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 1996
Tuesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Mazda 323 and Seat Cordoba
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.24152, longitude -2.63649, in the WA6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996076A32031
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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 23 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,489 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Cordoba

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Cordoba)

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 1996076A32031 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.