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A568 crash in Halton on 24 May 2001 at 11:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A568 in Halton at 11:45 on Thursday 24 May 2001. The 18-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and the 40-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 May 2001
Thursday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37741, longitude -2.73369, in the WA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Widnes. It is one of the crashes that make up the Appleton, Halton, WA8 6HL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Halton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001070103084
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
568
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 2001070103084 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Halton road accident statistics for 2001.