C road crash in Cheshire West and Chester CW6 on 2 February 2012 at 14:10 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on a C road in Cheshire West and Chester at 14:10 on Thursday 2 February 2012. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Feb 2012
- Thursday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.16177, longitude -2.66973, in the CW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tarporley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tarporley, Cheshire West and Chester, CW6 0EE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012070030506
- Council area
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2005.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A51 in Cheshire West and Chester, 11 November 2005
22 m awayRef 2005070505045
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Cheshire West and Chester, 3 June 1999
50 m awayRef 1999079A30831
Fatal
Lorry crash on the A49 in Cheshire West and Chester, 15 September 1983
54 m awayRef 1983073E11116
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Cheshire West and Chester, 9 August 1991
54 m awayRef 1991071A31328
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Cheshire West and Chester, 2 June 1987
54 m awayRef 1987077E10549
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Cheshire West and Chester, 5 May 1998
71 m awayRef 1998078A30707
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,975 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
- 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 2012070030506 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire West and Chester road accident statistics for 2012.