C road crash in Warrington WA5 on 24 December 2017 at 17:40 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on a C road in Warrington at 17:40 on Sunday 24 December 2017. The 24-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2017
- Sunday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39103, longitude -2.6494, in the WA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warrington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penketh and Cuerdley, Warrington, WA5 1RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017077413077
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 57
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 February 2025.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Warrington, 1 February 2025
5 m awayRef 2025070089359
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Warrington, 28 August 1999
13 m awayRef 1999079B21344
Slight
Triumph Acclaim crash on the A57 in Warrington, 19 February 1993
21 m awayRef 1993073B20219
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Warrington, 24 March 2006
21 m awayRef 2006070601137
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A57 in Warrington, 2 April 2021
26 m awayRef 2021070210341
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A57 in Warrington, 20 February 2014
29 m awayRef 2014074048691
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- 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 2017077413077 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warrington road accident statistics for 2017.