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A5268 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 31 July 2005 at 02:35 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort hit a pedestrian on the A5268 in Cheshire West and Chester at 02:35 on Sunday 31 July 2005. A male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jul 2005
Sunday, 02:35
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.19147, longitude -2.88483, in the CH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chester City & the Garden Quarter, Cheshire West and Chester, CH1 3JH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005070503247
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
5268
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
5268

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 May 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 2005070503247 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 2005.