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Serious unclassified road crash in Warrington WA2 on 22 December 2018 at 01:05 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro taxi

A Vauxhall Vivaro taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Warrington at 01:05 on Saturday 22 December 2018. A 37-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 2018
Saturday, 01:05
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Vivaro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39408, longitude -2.58518, in the WA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warrington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bewsey and Whitecross, Warrington, WA1 1AQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Warrington

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018070402106
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vivaro)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    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 2018070402106 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warrington road accident statistics for 2018.