M6 crash in Warrington on 27 December 2012 at 14:35 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera and a Honda CRV were involved in a crash on the M6 in Warrington at 14:35 on Thursday 27 December 2012. A 67-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Almera was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2012
- Thursday, 14:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Almera and Honda CRV
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4294, longitude -2.56195, in the WA3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burtonwood and Winwick, Warrington, WA2 0TD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012070369983
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Wet or damp
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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2024.
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M6 in Warrington, 18 February 2024
11 m awayRef 2024070184355
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M6 in Warrington, 15 December 2009
14 m awayRef 2009070392452
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the M6 in Warrington, 23 March 2012
14 m awayRef 2012070080306
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the M6 in Warrington, 19 April 1999
14 m awayRef 1999079M10253
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the M6 in Warrington, 15 April 2004
28 m awayRef 2004070401794
Fatal
Lorry crash on the M6 in Warrington, 3 October 1983
57 m awayRef 1983073M10442
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
- 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 2012070369983 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.