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A57 crash in Warrington on 6 January 2006 at 17:05 involving a Citroen Xsara

A car and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the A57 in Warrington at 17:05 on Friday 6 January 2006. The 45-year-old male driver of the car and the 29-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 2006
Friday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen Xsara
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40967, longitude -2.46556, in the WA3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rixton and Woolston, Warrington, WA3 6HZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Warrington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006070600078
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
57
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)

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 2006070600078 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 2006.