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A559 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 7 March 1998 at 21:20 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the A559 in Cheshire West and Chester at 21:20 on Saturday 7 March 1998. A 60-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 205 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Mar 1998
Saturday, 21:20
Vehicles
2
Nissan Micra and Peugeot 205
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26111, longitude -2.50831, in the CW9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998078A30367
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
559
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

    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 1998078A30367 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 1998.