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Serious B5153 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 29 January 1999 at 10:55 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B5153 in Cheshire West and Chester at 10:55 on Friday 29 January 1999. A 50-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes bus, the 43-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and a 94-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Jan 1999
Friday, 10:55
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Renault Clio
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26133, longitude -2.57534, in the CW8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weaverham.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999079A30142
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5153
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 94, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)

    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 1999079A30142 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 1999.