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Serious A537 crash in Cheshire East on 1 September 1996 at 13:05 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra, a Suzuki motorcycle and a Renault 19 were involved in a crash on the A537 in Cheshire East at 13:05 on Sunday 1 September 1996. The 27-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Sep 1996
Sunday, 13:05
Vehicles
3
Ford Sierra and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25652, longitude -2.022, in the SK11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996076C11352
Council area
Cheshire East
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
537
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    2,792 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 1996076C11352 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.