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Serious A562 crash in Warrington on 6 January 1996 at 17:10 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A562 in Warrington at 17:10 on Saturday 6 January 1996. The 50-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo and the 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jan 1996
Saturday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38651, longitude -2.6379, in the WA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warrington.

Map of where the crash happened in Warrington

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996076B20012
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
562
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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 17 August 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1996076B20012 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warrington road accident statistics for 1996.