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M56 crash in Halton on 22 November 2006 at 08:50 involving a BMW Z4

A BMW Z4 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the M56 in Halton at 08:50 on Wednesday 22 November 2006. The 31-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Nov 2006
Wednesday, 08:50
Vehicles
2
BMW Z4 and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.3112, longitude -2.69623, in the WA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Runcorn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beechwood & Heath, Halton, WA7 3HB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Halton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006070605172
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
56
Road type
One way street
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 53 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW Z4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,979 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 2006070605172 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Halton road accident statistics for 2006.