A533 crash in Cheshire East on 16 September 2005 at 08:40 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A533 in Cheshire East at 08:40 on Friday 16 September 2005. The 88-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 30-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and an 84-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Sep 2005
- Friday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.14493, longitude -2.36791, in the CW11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sandbach. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sandbach Heath and East, Cheshire East, CW11 4NF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005070504148
- Council area
- Cheshire East
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 533
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2013.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A533 in Cheshire East, 26 September 2013
6 m awayRef 2013073275662
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B533 in Cheshire East, 27 November 2010
10 m awayRef 2010070347833
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A533 in Cheshire East, 24 January 2025
16 m awayRef 2025070063751
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A533 in Cheshire East, 26 September 1993
22 m awayRef 1993073C31423
Slight
Car crash on the A533 in Cheshire East, 20 July 1995
30 m awayRef 1995075C31154
Slight
Car crash on the A533 in Cheshire East, 7 May 1984
32 m awayRef 1984074B20586
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 88 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 88, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2005070504148 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 2005.