A34 crash in Cheshire East on 20 May 2018 at 12:04 involving an Audi A6
An Audi A6 hit a pedestrian on the A34 in Cheshire East at 12:04 on Sunday 20 May 2018. A 20-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 2018
- Sunday, 12:04
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A6
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.16854, longitude -2.21557, in the CW12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Congleton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Congleton West, Cheshire East, CW12 1FR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018070145655
- Council area
- Cheshire East
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 54
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 April 2006.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A34 in Cheshire East, 24 April 2006
4 m awayRef 2006070601567
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A34 in Cheshire East, 5 May 1994
4 m awayRef 1994074C10655
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the A34 in Cheshire East, 4 December 2009
4 m awayRef 2009070380699
Slight
LDV Maxus crash on the A34 in Cheshire East, 17 August 2007
4 m awayRef 2007070274592
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A34 in Cheshire East, 19 April 2008
4 m awayRef 2008070115359
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A34 in Cheshire East, 6 April 1997
4 m awayRef 1997077A40557
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A6)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018070145655 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 2018.