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M56 crash in Cheshire East on 23 May 2018 at 18:50 involving an Audi Q5

An Audi Q5 crashed on the M56 in Cheshire East at 18:50 on Wednesday 23 May 2018. The 33-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 May 2018
Wednesday, 18:50
Vehicles
1
Audi Q5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35034, longitude -2.4995, in the WA16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the High Legh, Cheshire East, WA16 0SB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018070150341
Council area
Cheshire East
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
56
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
56

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
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

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, 48 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi Q5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi Q5)

    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 2018070150341 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.