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A556 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 2 January 1997 at 21:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the A556 in Cheshire West and Chester at 21:20 on Thursday 2 January 1997. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jan 1997
Thursday, 21:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23651, longitude -2.52075, in the CW9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997077A30008
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
556
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 November 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1997077A30008 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.