B5178 crash in Halton on 23 December 2010 at 17:57 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B5178 in Halton at 17:57 on Thursday 23 December 2010. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2010
- Thursday, 17:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.36937, longitude -2.72408, in the WA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Widnes. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central & West Bank, Halton, WA8 6GD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Halton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010070372178
- Council area
- Halton
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5178
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Snow
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2012.
Slight
Transbus Int crash on an unclassified road in Halton, 26 June 2012
5 m awayRef 2012072175851
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on an unclassified road in Halton, 5 October 2003
10 m awayRef 2003070305516
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on the B5178 in Halton, 10 October 2003
20 m awayRef 2003070305759
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Halton, 13 February 2004
22 m awayRef 2004070400748
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on an unclassified road in Halton, 12 January 2004
28 m awayRef 2004070400156
Slight
Car crash on the B5178 in Halton, 18 May 1983
28 m awayRef 1983073D10608
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2010070372178 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 2010.