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A56 crash in Halton on 3 October 1997 at 15:57 involving a Leyland DAF FT 95 lorry

A car and a Leyland DAF FT 95 lorry were involved in a crash on the A56 in Halton at 15:57 on Friday 3 October 1997. The 30-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Oct 1997
Friday, 15:57
Vehicles
2
Car and Leyland DAF FT 95
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.32616, longitude -2.64331, in the WA4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Halton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997077B41449
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
56
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
56

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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 May 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland DAF FT 95

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1997077B41449 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.