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A574 crash in Warrington on 1 February 1999 at 17:05 involving a Vauxhall Astramax

A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astramax were involved in a crash on the A574 in Warrington at 17:05 on Monday 1 February 1999. The 28-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 27-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astramax were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Feb 1999
Monday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Vauxhall Astramax
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43054, longitude -2.5272, in the WA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warrington.

Map of where the crash happened in Warrington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999079B20151
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
574
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astramax

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astramax)

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 1999079B20151 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 1999.