Serious B5212 crash in Warrington on 17 August 2013 at 16:53 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A car and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B5212 in Warrington at 16:53 on Saturday 17 August 2013. The 25-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf, the 21-year-old male driver of the car and a 21-year-old male passenger in the car were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Aug 2013
- Saturday, 16:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43507, longitude -2.46369, in the WA3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013073233433
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5212
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B5212 in Warrington, 10 August 2009
5 m awayRef 2009070253165
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B5212 in Warrington, 4 April 1997
35 m awayRef 1997077B20439
Slight
Aprilia crash on an unclassified road in Warrington, 6 September 2000
37 m awayRef 2000070011181
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B5212 in Warrington, 28 December 1995
43 m awayRef 1995075B22044
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5212 in Warrington, 5 April 1984
56 m awayRef 1984074D20476
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the B5212 in Warrington, 13 August 1999
81 m awayRef 1999079B21162
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 2013073233433 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 2013.