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A574 crash in Warrington on 17 April 1998 at 15:45 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Vauxhall Carlton were involved in a crash on the A574 in Warrington at 15:45 on Friday 17 April 1998. A 51-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Carlton 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
17 Apr 1998
Friday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Vauxhall Carlton
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41322, longitude -2.54367, in the WA2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warrington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998078B20601
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
574
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5210

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 23 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Carlton)

    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 1998078B20601 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 1998.