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Serious A556 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 13 November 2018 at 16:03 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry hit a pedestrian on the A556 in Cheshire West and Chester at 16:03 on Tuesday 13 November 2018. An 18-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Nov 2018
Tuesday, 16:03
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23649, longitude -2.52118, in the CW9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Davenham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 8XD 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
2018070357725
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
556
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    12,740 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2018070357725 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.