A556 crash in Cheshire East on 31 October 2017 at 18:25 involving a Ford Puma
A Ford Puma and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A556 in Cheshire East at 18:25 on Tuesday 31 October 2017. The 38-year-old female driver of the Ford Puma was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2017
- Tuesday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Puma and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27575, longitude -2.44737, in the WA16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chelford, Cheshire East, WA16 0UB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017077351795
- Council area
- Cheshire East
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 556
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 2003.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire East, 4 October 2003
5 m awayRef 2003070306101
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A556 in Cheshire East, 11 April 1998
5 m awayRef 1998078C20640
Serious
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A556 in Cheshire East, 22 August 2004
5 m awayRef 2004070404202
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A556 in Cheshire East, 26 July 2018
9 m awayRef 2018070228733
Serious
Kia Rio crash on the A556 in Cheshire East, 23 February 2018
14 m awayRef 2018070049332
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A556 in Cheshire East, 9 June 1999
15 m awayRef 1999079C20932
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Puma
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Puma)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017077351795 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 2017.