B5081 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 2 December 2017 at 11:30 involving a Skoda Roomster
A Skoda Roomster and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the B5081 in Cheshire West and Chester at 11:30 on Saturday 2 December 2017. The 78-year-old female driver of the Skoda Roomster and the 56-year-old female driver of the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2017
- Saturday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Roomster and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22105, longitude -2.41956, in the CW10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017077387963
- Council area
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5081
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 October 2025.
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on a C road in Cheshire West and Chester, 9 October 2025
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Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5081 in Cheshire West and Chester, 4 December 2021
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Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B5081 in Cheshire West and Chester, 27 November 2025
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Slight
Seat Altea crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire West and Chester, 15 January 2020
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Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B5081 in Cheshire West and Chester, 31 July 2015
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Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on a C road in Cheshire West and Chester, 4 October 2006
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Roomster
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Roomster)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- 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 2017077387963 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire West and Chester road accident statistics for 2017.