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A56 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 20 May 1997 at 06:00 involving an ERF lorry

An ERF lorry and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester at 06:00 on Tuesday 20 May 1997. The 44-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 May 1997
Tuesday, 06:00
Vehicles
2
ERF and Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.29907, longitude -2.71327, in the WA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Frodsham.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997077A30788
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
56
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: ERF

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    14,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

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 1997077A30788 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.