A574 crash in Warrington on 23 November 2012 at 08:53 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A574 in Warrington at 08:53 on Friday 23 November 2012. The 29-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Nov 2012
- Friday, 08:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41163, longitude -2.62821, in the WA5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westbrook, Warrington, WA5 7NT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012070336319
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 574
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 March 2002.
Serious
Citroen ZX crash on the A574 in Warrington, 18 March 2002
At the same spotRef 2002070201512
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on an unclassified road in Warrington, 23 January 2006
At the same spotRef 2006070600325
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A574 in Warrington, 6 August 2012
At the same spotRef 2012070220668
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A574 in Warrington, 20 October 2025
8 m awayRef 2025070862488
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A574 in Warrington, 13 May 1997
10 m awayRef 1997077B20637
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A574 in Warrington, 12 April 1997
10 m awayRef 1997077B20475
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
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 2012070336319 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.