Skip to main content
CrashStats

A533 crash in Halton on 27 November 1996 at 17:40 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Toyota Celica were involved in a crash on the A533 in Halton at 17:40 on Wednesday 27 November 1996. The 42-year-old female driver of the Toyota Celica was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Nov 1996
Wednesday, 17:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Toyota Celica
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.31754, longitude -2.69016, in the WA7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Halton

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996076B41806
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
533
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Celica

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Celica)

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 1996076B41806 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.