B5178 crash in Halton on 16 May 2012 at 13:33 involving a Nissan Micra
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 May 2012
- Wednesday, 13:33
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Micra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37039, longitude -2.73477, 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
- 2012070133791
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 2008.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B5178 in Halton, 22 May 2008
At the same spotRef 2008070151668
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B5178 in Halton, 3 June 2016
4 m awayRef 2016076162793
Serious
Seat Altea crash on the B5178 in Halton, 30 October 2017
5 m awayRef 2017077352103
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5178 in Halton, 18 April 2006
10 m awayRef 2006070601545
Slight
Van crash on the B5178 in Halton, 14 May 1984
10 m awayRef 1984074D10681
Slight
Car crash on the B5178 in Halton, 15 May 1986
10 m awayRef 1986076D10630
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 650 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Kangoo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Kangoo)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Kangoo)
- 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 2012070133791 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 2012.