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A556 crash in Cheshire East on 9 June 1999 at 16:38 involving a Fiat Punto

Four vehicles, including a car and a Fiat Punto, were involved in a crash on the A556 in Cheshire East at 16:38 on Wednesday 9 June 1999. The 29-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Vento was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jun 1999
Wednesday, 16:38
Vehicles
4
Fiat Punto and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27572, longitude -2.44716, in the WA16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999079C20932
Council area
Cheshire East
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
556
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 February 2018.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Vento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 4: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Vento)

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 1999079C20932 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.