Serious A56 crash in Warrington on 15 July 2012 at 23:23 involving a Toyota Landcruiser
A Toyota Landcruiser and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A56 in Warrington at 23:23 on Sunday 15 July 2012. The 39-year-old female driver of the Toyota Landcruiser and a 19-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Toyota Landcruiser were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Jul 2012
- Sunday, 23:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Landcruiser and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37107, longitude -2.45357, in the WA13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012070197517
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 56
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1995.
Slight
Saab 9000 crash on the A56 in Warrington, 29 August 1995
10 m awayRef 1995075B21236
Slight
Car crash on the A56 in Warrington, 15 September 1989
28 m awayRef 1989079D21330
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A56 in Warrington, 26 December 1990
28 m awayRef 1990070D22009
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A56 in Warrington, 21 April 1998
41 m awayRef 1998078B20573
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A56 in Warrington, 21 March 2004
82 m awayRef 2004070401335
Serious
Mini One crash on the A56 in Warrington, 23 November 2006
92 m awayRef 2006070604725
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Landcruiser
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,982 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Landcruiser)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Landcruiser)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 2012070197517 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 2012.