Fatal B5074 crash in Cheshire East on 28 May 2012 at 16:27 involving a Suzuki Baleno
A Suzuki Baleno, a Mitsubishi Shogun and two cars were involved in a crash on the B5074 in Cheshire East at 16:27 on Monday 28 May 2012. The 33-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Baleno was killed and the 61-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Shogun was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 28 May 2012
- Monday, 16:27
- Vehicles
- 4
- Suzuki Baleno and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.13496, longitude -2.51281, in the CW5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012070146602
- Council area
- Cheshire East
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5074
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2007.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B5074 in Cheshire East, 3 December 2007
10 m awayRef 2007070406210
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B5074 in Cheshire East, 13 January 2009
10 m awayRef 2009070012391
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B5074 in Cheshire East, 10 August 1993
20 m awayRef 1993073C31160
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the B5074 in Cheshire East, 28 September 1994
22 m awayRef 1994074C31466
Serious
Car crash on the B5074 in Cheshire East, 24 May 1982
22 m awayRef 1982072B10614
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B5074 in Cheshire East, 6 March 2015
79 m awayRef 2015075063494
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Baleno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Shogun
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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Baleno)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Shogun)
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 2012070146602 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire East road accident statistics for 2012.