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A537 crash in Cheshire East on 7 August 1996 at 17:10 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A537 in Cheshire East at 17:10 on Wednesday 7 August 1996. The 74-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Aug 1996
Wednesday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27289, longitude -2.28952, in the SK11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996076C21209
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
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 May 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1996076C21209 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.