Serious A5080 crash in Warrington on 24 December 2018 at 15:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A5080 in Warrington at 15:00 on Monday 24 December 2018. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Dec 2018
- Monday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38255, longitude -2.67285, in the WA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warrington.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018070404766
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5080
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- 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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 2013.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A5080 in Warrington, 15 September 2013
15 m awayRef 2013073264327
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A5080 in Warrington, 31 July 1981
42 m awayRef 1981071D20948
Serious
Car crash on the A5080 in Warrington, 25 September 1980
60 m awayRef 1980070D21432
Slight
Car crash on the A5080 in Warrington, 11 December 1985
60 m awayRef 1985075D21754
Slight
Leyland Cars Mini crash on the A5080 in Warrington, 2 December 1990
60 m awayRef 1990070D21873
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A5080 in Warrington, 29 October 1998
103 m awayRef 1998078B21665
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 249 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018070404766 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.