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A556 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 23 June 2004 at 08:40 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra and a Citroen ZX were involved in a crash on the A556 in Cheshire West and Chester at 08:40 on Wednesday 23 June 2004. The 37-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra, the 42-year-old female driver of the Citroen ZX and a 79-year-old female passenger in the Citroen ZX were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jun 2004
Wednesday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vectra and Citroen ZX
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23214, longitude -2.58753, in the CW8 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
2004070403004
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
556
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

    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 2004070403004 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 2004.