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C road crash in Halton WA7 on 26 March 2002 at 19:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on a C road in Halton at 19:50 on Tuesday 26 March 2002. The 39-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra, an 11-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and a 7-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Mar 2002
Tuesday, 19:50
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.317, longitude -2.70368, in the WA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Runcorn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beechwood & Heath, Halton, WA7 3HB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Halton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002070201636
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Dark, street lights lit
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 9 May 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2002070201636 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 2002.