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Serious A557 crash in Halton on 13 November 1996 at 07:00 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A557 in Halton at 07:00 on Wednesday 13 November 1996. The 33-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Nov 1996
Wednesday, 07:00
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34, longitude -2.73753, 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
1996076B41694
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
557
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
533

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 1996076B41694 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.