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A533 crash in Halton on 29 July 2017 at 05:00 involving a Toyota Prius taxi

A Toyota Prius taxi crashed on the A533 in Halton at 05:00 on Saturday 29 July 2017. A 20-year-old male passenger and a 20-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jul 2017
Saturday, 05:00
Vehicles
1
Toyota Prius
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35217, longitude -2.73752, in the WA8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central & West Bank, Halton, WA8 0WS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Halton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017077242660
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
533
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Road works
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2017077242660 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 2017.