B5081 crash in Cheshire East on 5 June 2018 at 15:28 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B5081 in Cheshire East at 15:28 on Tuesday 5 June 2018. The 66-year-old male driver of the Skoda Fabia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jun 2018
- Tuesday, 15:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27202, longitude -2.37439, in the WA16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018070165100
- Council area
- Cheshire East
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5081
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 47 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 1993.
Slight
Nissan Patrol crash on the B5081 in Cheshire East, 5 September 1993
47 m awayRef 1993073C21317
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B5081 in Cheshire East, 15 May 2017
62 m awayRef 2017077150969
Serious
Mazda MX-5 crash on the B5081 in Cheshire East, 4 December 1999
75 m awayRef 1999070000380
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5081 in Cheshire East, 18 January 1989
78 m awayRef 1989079C20097
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B5081 in Cheshire East, 3 May 2017
116 m awayRef 2017077135686
Slight
Car crash on the B5081 in Cheshire East, 24 November 1989
151 m awayRef 1989079C21312
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
- 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 2018070165100 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.