A34 crash in Cheshire East on 11 September 2016 at 10:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A34 in Cheshire East at 10:00 on Sunday 11 September 2016. The 46-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Sep 2016
- Sunday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.16409, longitude -2.23103, in the CW12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Congleton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Congleton West, Cheshire East, CW12 4LG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016076280204
- Council area
- Cheshire East
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- A
- Second road number
- 534
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A34 in Cheshire East, 2 January 2018
13 m awayRef 2018078001829
Slight
Vauxhall Midi crash on the A534 in Cheshire East, 6 June 2002
29 m awayRef 2002070203035
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A534 in Cheshire East, 2 October 1997
29 m awayRef 1997077A41720
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A34 in Cheshire East, 12 February 2003
29 m awayRef 2003070300904
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A34 in Cheshire East, 8 November 2025
29 m awayRef 2025070919164
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A534 in Cheshire East, 24 March 1997
33 m awayRef 1997077A40497
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 46, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2016076280204 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 2016.