Fatal B5309 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 12 August 2013 at 17:19 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B5309 in Cheshire West and Chester at 17:19 on Monday 12 August 2013. The 15-year-old male cyclist was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 12 Aug 2013
- Monday, 17:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Insignia and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.20561, longitude -2.44835, in the CW10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013073228235
- Council area
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5309
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 1999.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5309 in Cheshire West and Chester, 9 July 1999
2 m awayRef 1999079A31077
Serious
Lorry crash on the B5309 in Cheshire West and Chester, 1 June 1982
53 m awayRef 1982072E10619
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B5309 in Cheshire West and Chester, 18 March 2019
104 m awayRef 2019070118137
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B5309 in Cheshire West and Chester, 25 October 2022
105 m awayRef 2022070785981
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the B5309 in Cheshire West and Chester, 12 June 1992
114 m awayRef 1992072A30827
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B5309 in Cheshire West and Chester, 13 March 2011
124 m awayRef 2011070067839
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
FatalMale, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2013073228235 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.