A538 crash in Cheshire East on 7 June 2003 at 11:40 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A538 in Cheshire East at 11:40 on Saturday 7 June 2003. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jun 2003
- Saturday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.32911, longitude -2.22835, in the SK9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wilmslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wilmslow East, Cheshire East, SK9 1HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003070303125
- Council area
- Cheshire East
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 538
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 2001.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5166 in Cheshire East, 24 August 2001
10 m awayRef 2001070104922
Slight
Aprilia crash on the B5166 in Cheshire East, 25 January 2006
10 m awayRef 2006070600520
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B5358 in Cheshire East, 18 September 2024
12 m awayRef 2024070804378
Slight
Ford Transit Courier crash on the A538 in Cheshire East, 30 March 2021
13 m awayRef 2021070201393
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A538 in Cheshire East, 8 March 1997
20 m awayRef 1997077C20430
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A34 in Cheshire East, 21 June 1990
22 m awayRef 1990070C20638
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2003070303125 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 2003.