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B5136 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 24 February 2000 at 10:40 involving a Suzuki Swift

A Suzuki Swift crashed on the B5136 in Cheshire West and Chester at 10:40 on Thursday 24 February 2000. The 86-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Feb 2000
Thursday, 10:40
Vehicles
1
Suzuki Swift
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.30328, longitude -3.05311, in the CH64 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000070001626
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5136
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    86 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)

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 2000070001626 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 2000.