A49 crash in Warrington on 17 January 2015 at 14:51 involving a Fiat Ducato van
Four vehicles, including a Fiat Ducato van and a Volkswagen Golf, were involved in a crash on the A49 in Warrington at 14:51 on Saturday 17 January 2015. The 43-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 308 and a 42-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 308 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2015
- Saturday, 14:51
- Vehicles
- 4
- Fiat Ducato and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41174, longitude -2.59742, in the WA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warrington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bewsey and Whitecross, Warrington, WA5 0HS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015075015376
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 49
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2018.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A49 in Warrington, 22 December 2018
10 m awayRef 2018070403089
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A49 in Warrington, 9 November 2018
11 m awayRef 2018070353231
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A49 in Warrington, 28 June 2015
15 m awayRef 2015075185328
Slight
HGV crash on the A49 in Warrington, 23 August 2007
15 m awayRef 2007070281532
Slight
Car crash on the A49 in Warrington, 15 December 1983
20 m awayRef 1983073D21680
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Warrington, 27 August 2000
25 m awayRef 2000070011000
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Ducato
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,287 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 4: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Peugeot 308)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Peugeot 308)
- 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 2015075015376 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 2015.