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M62 crash in Warrington on 28 December 2003 at 02:00 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio crashed on the M62 in Warrington at 02:00 on Sunday 28 December 2003. The 18-year-old female driver and an 18-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 2003
Sunday, 02:00
Vehicles
1
Renault Clio
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4339, longitude -2.51926, in the WA3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warrington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003070307404
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
62
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2003070307404 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warrington road accident statistics for 2003.