A559 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 30 October 2015 at 16:20 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306, a Ford Focus and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A559 in Cheshire West and Chester at 16:20 on Friday 30 October 2015. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 2015
- Friday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 306 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27004, longitude -2.46751, in the CW9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lostock Gralam. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shakerley, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 7NT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015075324130
- 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
- 559
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 1990.
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A559 in Cheshire West and Chester, 20 December 1990
23 m awayRef 1990070E11724
Serious
Car crash on the A559 in Cheshire West and Chester, 31 August 1986
23 m awayRef 1986076E10988
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A559 in Cheshire West and Chester, 9 January 1993
32 m awayRef 1993073A30051
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the A559 in Cheshire West and Chester, 1 June 2004
32 m awayRef 2004070402587
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A559 in Cheshire West and Chester, 10 December 2007
45 m awayRef 2007070413200
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A559 in Cheshire West and Chester, 26 November 1998
45 m awayRef 1998078A31992
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- 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
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
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 2015075324130 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.