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A548 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 8 July 1997 at 15:00 involving a Rover 600 Series

A Rover 600 Series and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A548 in Cheshire West and Chester at 15:00 on Tuesday 8 July 1997. The 26-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jul 1997
Tuesday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 600 Series and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.19532, longitude -2.91227, in the CH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chester.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997077A11060
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
548
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 January 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 600 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 1997077A11060 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire West and Chester road accident statistics for 1997.