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Unclassified road crash in Halton WA8 on 29 July 2016 at 18:00 involving a Vauxhall Insignia

A mobility scooter and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Halton at 18:00 on Friday 29 July 2016. The 78-year-old female rider of the mobility scooter 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
29 Jul 2016
Friday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Mobility scooter and Vauxhall Insignia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37158, longitude -2.72994, in the WA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Widnes. It is one of the crashes that make up the Appleton, Halton, WA8 6HL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Halton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016076229185
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mobility scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    78 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, mobility scooter rider, on vehicle 1 (Mobility scooter)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

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 2016076229185 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Halton road accident statistics for 2016.