Serious A533 crash in Cheshire East on 27 April 2015 at 08:31 involving a Ford S-Max
A Ford S-Max hit a pedestrian on the A533 in Cheshire East at 08:31 on Monday 27 April 2015. A 68-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Apr 2015
- Monday, 08:31
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford S-Max
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.14417, longitude -2.36617, in the CW11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sandbach. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sandbach Heath and East, Cheshire East, CW11 4NF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015075117469
- Council area
- Cheshire East
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 533
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 2005.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A534 in Cheshire East, 1 March 2005
6 m awayRef 2005070500967
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A533 in Cheshire East, 4 July 1993
14 m awayRef 1993073C30972
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A533 in Cheshire East, 6 March 2004
14 m awayRef 2004070401263
Slight
Honda VTR1000F crash on the A533 in Cheshire East, 29 March 1998
17 m awayRef 1998078A40518
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A533 in Cheshire East, 30 May 2018
20 m awayRef 2018070157847
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A533 in Cheshire East, 2 April 2024
20 m awayRef 2024070306805
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford S-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 68, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford S-Max)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2015075117469 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire East road accident statistics for 2015.