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Serious B5470 crash in Cheshire East on 14 August 1996 at 22:20 involving a Ford New Holland

A Ford New Holland and a Reliant Rialto were involved in a crash on the B5470 in Cheshire East at 22:20 on Wednesday 14 August 1996. The 50-year-old male driver of the Reliant Rialto was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Aug 1996
Wednesday, 22:20
Vehicles
2
Ford New Holland and Reliant Rialto
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.29778, longitude -2.04452, in the SK10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996076C11247
Council area
Cheshire East
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5470
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford New Holland

    Other vehicle

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Reliant Rialto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    848 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Reliant Rialto)

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 1996076C11247 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire East road accident statistics for 1996.