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Serious A537 crash in Cheshire East on 23 December 1999 at 20:25 involving a Renault Megane

A Renault Megane hit a pedestrian on the A537 in Cheshire East at 20:25 on Thursday 23 December 1999. A 44-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 1999
Thursday, 20:25
Vehicles
1
Renault Megane
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26337, longitude -2.12605, in the SK10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Macclesfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999070000302
Council area
Cheshire East
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
537
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
538

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1999070000302 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire East road accident statistics for 1999.