Serious B5356 crash in Warrington on 11 March 2014 at 16:55 involving a Mercedes CLS Class
A Mercedes CLS Class and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B5356 in Warrington at 16:55 on Tuesday 11 March 2014. The 28-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Mar 2014
- Tuesday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes CLS Class and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35341, longitude -2.54043, in the WA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Appleton Thorn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grappenhall, Warrington, WA4 4RP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014074067725
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5356
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2005.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B5356 in Warrington, 12 May 2005
7 m awayRef 2005070502008
Slight
Rover Montego crash on a C road in Warrington, 31 January 1999
8 m awayRef 1999079B20154
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on an unclassified road in Warrington, 11 October 2002
8 m awayRef 2002070205431
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the B5356 in Warrington, 4 May 1991
74 m awayRef 1991071B30665
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B5356 in Warrington, 25 March 1997
74 m awayRef 1997077B20399
Slight
John Deere crash on the B5356 in Warrington, 2 November 1999
144 m awayRef 1999079B21673
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLS Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 28, 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 2014074067725 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 2014.