A562 crash in Halton on 16 January 2018 at 17:53 involving a BMW R 1200 motorcycle
Four vehicles, including a BMW R 1200 motorcycle and a Ford Grand C-Max, were involved in a crash on the A562 in Halton at 17:53 on Tuesday 16 January 2018. The 44-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in snow and high winds on a dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jan 2018
- Tuesday, 17:53
- Vehicles
- 4
- BMW R 1200 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.36144, longitude -2.75114, in the WA8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Halton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018070007394
- Council area
- Halton
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 562
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Weather
- Snowing with high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
- Carriageway hazards
- Pedestrian in carriageway, not injured
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 May 2023.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A562 in Halton, 31 May 2023
9 m awayRef 2023070467575
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A562 in Halton, 20 February 1999
13 m awayRef 1999079B10246
Slight
Car crash on the A562 in Halton, 30 November 1989
16 m awayRef 1989079D11744
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A562 in Halton, 19 April 2016
28 m awayRef 2016076112092
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A562 in Halton, 28 December 1996
31 m awayRef 1996076B11967
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A562 in Halton, 24 October 1992
41 m awayRef 1992072B11326
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: BMW R 1200
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,170 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Grand C-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Taxi)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018070007394 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 2018.