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Unclassified road crash in Warrington WA4 on 4 December 1997 at 15:10 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Hyundai X2 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Warrington at 15:10 on Thursday 4 December 1997. The 28-year-old female driver of the Hyundai X2 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Dec 1997
Thursday, 15:10
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Hyundai X2
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38708, longitude -2.55927, in the WA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warrington.

Map of where the crash happened in Warrington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997077B21990
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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 slight injury crash on 20 February 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai X2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai X2)

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 1997077B21990 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warrington road accident statistics for 1997.