B5178 crash in Halton on 7 September 2018 at 23:10 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Sep 2018
- Friday, 23:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37105, longitude -2.75589, in the WA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Widnes. It is one of the crashes that make up the Highfield, Halton, WA8 8SJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Halton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018070280497
- Council area
- Halton
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5178
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 2014.
Slight
Taxi crash on the B5178 in Halton, 3 June 2014
4 m awayRef 2014074157260
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on a C road in Halton, 10 August 2025
5 m awayRef 2025070660324
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5178 in Halton, 13 December 2016
5 m awayRef 2016076386526
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B5178 in Halton, 17 November 2000
6 m awayRef 2000070012685
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the B5178 in Halton, 15 July 2019
7 m awayRef 2019070381644
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the B5178 in Halton, 19 January 2019
7 m awayRef 2019070020480
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 16, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018070280497 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.