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Serious unclassified road crash in Halton WA7 on 23 June 1996 at 00:02 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit three pedestrians on an unclassified road in Halton at 00:02 on Sunday 23 June 1996. A 51-year-old male pedestrian, a 54-year-old female pedestrian and a 30-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jun 1996
Sunday, 00:02
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.32297, longitude -2.66758, 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
1996076B40875
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 54, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 1996076B40875 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 1996.