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Serious A533 crash in Halton on 24 January 1997 at 07:50 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A533 in Halton at 07:50 on Friday 24 January 1997. The 26-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 32-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jan 1997
Friday, 07:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34917, longitude -2.73679, in the WA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Widnes.

Map of where the crash happened in Halton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997077B10105
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
533
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1997077B10105 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Halton road accident statistics for 1997.