A573 crash in Warrington on 24 December 2015 at 15:22 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A573 in Warrington at 15:22 on Thursday 24 December 2015. The 24-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206, the 26-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 6-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2015
- Thursday, 15:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44081, longitude -2.59515, in the WA2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015075383992
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 573
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2010.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A573 in Warrington, 9 December 2010
22 m awayRef 2010070358476
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A573 in Warrington, 22 April 1998
36 m awayRef 1998078B20580
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the A573 in Warrington, 14 November 1998
40 m awayRef 1998078B21729
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A573 in Warrington, 2 December 2008
44 m awayRef 2008070364226
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the A573 in Warrington, 28 April 2004
44 m awayRef 2004070401980
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A573 in Warrington, 30 October 2003
46 m awayRef 2003070306160
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2015075383992 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.