Serious A51 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 2 October 2015 at 18:10 involving an Iveco lorry
A motorcycle and an Iveco lorry were involved in a crash on the A51 in Cheshire West and Chester at 18:10 on Friday 2 October 2015. The 51-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Oct 2015
- Friday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Iveco
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.19693, longitude -2.82635, in the CH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Littleton.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015075293974
- Council area
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 51
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 August 2011.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A51 in Cheshire West and Chester, 3 August 2011
2 m awayRef 2011070218094
Fatal
Triumph Rocket crash on the A51 in Cheshire West and Chester, 12 July 2025
17 m awayRef 2025070573796
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A51 in Cheshire West and Chester, 29 November 2015
24 m awayRef 2015075356536
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A51 in Cheshire West and Chester, 6 May 1998
33 m awayRef 1998078A10715
Serious
Honda VFR800F crash on the A51 in Cheshire West and Chester, 6 September 2000
38 m awayRef 2000070011175
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A51 in Cheshire West and Chester, 25 April 2000
38 m awayRef 2000070002651
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 893 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Iveco
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Bus stop or bus shelter
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,882 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2015075293974 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 2015.