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A54 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 28 February 2013 at 09:42 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A54 in Cheshire West and Chester at 09:42 on Thursday 28 February 2013. The 35-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Feb 2013
Thursday, 09:42
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Zafira
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.19659, longitude -2.76982, in the CH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tarvin. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tarvin & Kelsall, Cheshire West and Chester, CH3 8EG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013070005530
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
54
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 2013070005530 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire West and Chester road accident statistics for 2013.