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C road crash in Halton WA7 on 5 December 1998 at 14:00 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on a C road in Halton at 14:00 on Saturday 5 December 1998. The 34-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series, the 47-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 and a 13-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 1998
Saturday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Peugeot 306
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.33416, longitude -2.7514, in the WA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Runcorn.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998078B41897
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
557

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 June 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1998078B41897 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 1998.