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Serious C road crash in Cheshire West and Chester CH3 on 17 September 2018 at 15:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo hit a pedestrian on a C road in Cheshire West and Chester at 15:00 on Monday 17 September 2018. A 76-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Sep 2018
Monday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.19756, longitude -2.76397, in the CH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tarvin. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tarvin & Kelsall, Cheshire West and Chester, CH3 8EG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018070291223
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    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
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 76, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2018070291223 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire West and Chester road accident statistics for 2018.