A483 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 3 October 2003 at 10:00 involving a Ford Mondeo
A minibus and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A483 in Cheshire West and Chester at 10:00 on Friday 3 October 2003. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2003
- Friday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Minibus and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.14324, longitude -2.93781, in the CH4 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
- 2003070305709
- Council area
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 483
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Poor or defective road surface
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 March 1995.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A483 in Cheshire West and Chester, 3 March 1995
20 m awayRef 1995075A10321
Slight
Car crash on the A483 in Cheshire West and Chester, 10 February 2007
114 m awayRef 2007070700558
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A483 in Cheshire West and Chester, 19 August 2016
140 m awayRef 2016076253543
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A483 in Cheshire West and Chester, 16 September 2023
206 m awayRef 2023070890842
Slight
Ford Ranger crash on the A483 in Cheshire West and Chester, 11 July 2025
233 m awayRef 2025070570624
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the A483 in Cheshire West and Chester, 23 June 2021
294 m awayRef 2021070439702
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Minibus
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 2003070305709 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 2003.