Fatal B5075 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 4 December 2014 at 19:10 involving a Hyundai i20
A Hyundai i20 crashed on the B5075 in Cheshire West and Chester at 19:10 on Thursday 4 December 2014. The 61-year-old male driver was killed.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 4 Dec 2014
- Thursday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Hyundai i20
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27931, longitude -2.49138, in the CW9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marbury, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 6ER area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014074359909
- 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
- 5075
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 1999.
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B5075 in Cheshire West and Chester, 6 March 1999
17 m awayRef 1999079A30356
Slight
Car crash on the B5075 in Cheshire West and Chester, 2 July 1989
45 m awayRef 1989079E10773
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B5075 in Cheshire West and Chester, 23 June 1985
45 m awayRef 1985075E10791
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B5075 in Cheshire West and Chester, 13 December 1996
102 m awayRef 1996076A31963
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the B5075 in Cheshire West and Chester, 1 November 1999
132 m awayRef 1999079A31828
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the B5075 in Cheshire West and Chester, 17 March 2012
143 m awayRef 2012070074499
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i20
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i20)
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 2014074359909 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 2014.