M6 crash in Warrington on 26 March 2010 at 19:25 involving a Jeep Cherokee
Four vehicles, including a Jeep Cherokee and a BMW 1 Series, were involved in a crash on the M6 in Warrington at 19:25 on Friday 26 March 2010. An 85-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Mar 2010
- Friday, 19:25
- Vehicles
- 4
- Jeep Cherokee and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39126, longitude -2.50656, in the WA13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lymm North and Thelwall, Warrington, WA13 9BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010070084681
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 25 August 1998.
Fatal
Renault Megane crash on the M6 in Warrington, 25 August 1998
10 m awayRef 1998078M10499
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M6 in Warrington, 30 April 1997
10 m awayRef 1997077M10203
Slight
ERF crash on the M6 in Warrington, 17 April 1996
10 m awayRef 1996076M10181
Slight
Proton Proton crash on the M6 in Warrington, 19 July 1996
10 m awayRef 1996076M10335
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M6 in Warrington, 20 November 1996
10 m awayRef 1996076M10515
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the M6 in Warrington, 20 December 2011
10 m awayRef 2011070360726
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Jeep Cherokee
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,776 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2010070084681 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 2010.