C road crash in Warrington WA5 on 23 February 2018 at 09:45 involving a Peugeot 508
A Peugeot 508 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on a C road in Warrington at 09:45 on Friday 23 February 2018. The 59-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 508 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Feb 2018
- Friday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 508 and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4279, longitude -2.6606, in the WA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burtonwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burtonwood and Winwick, Warrington, WA5 4PS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018070048698
- 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
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2011.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Warrington, 6 February 2011
26 m awayRef 2011070033571
Slight
Honda Concerto crash on a C road in Warrington, 5 August 1998
35 m awayRef 1998078B21157
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Warrington, 29 February 2012
35 m awayRef 2012070057077
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on a C road in Warrington, 26 November 1996
43 m awayRef 1996076B21800
Slight
Van crash on a C road in Warrington, 31 May 1980
47 m awayRef 1980070D20806
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Warrington, 13 April 2004
47 m awayRef 2004070401833
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 508
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 508)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018070048698 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 2018.