M56 crash in Warrington on 9 January 2018 at 07:29 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a Mitsubishi Asx were involved in a crash on the M56 in Warrington at 07:29 on Tuesday 9 January 2018. The 39-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jan 2018
- Tuesday, 07:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Mitsubishi Asx
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34576, longitude -2.53123, in the WA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Appleton Thorn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grappenhall, Warrington, WA4 4RP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018078008455
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 56
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 2024.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M56 in Warrington, 1 February 2024
16 m awayRef 2024070137849
Slight
Audi Q3 crash on the M56 in Warrington, 9 November 2016
35 m awayRef 2016076348326
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M56 in Warrington, 18 December 1994
39 m awayRef 1994074M10561
Slight
Rover Mini crash on the M56 in Warrington, 5 December 1993
39 m awayRef 1993073M10498
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M56 in Warrington, 20 January 2008
44 m awayRef 2008070019488
Slight
Car crash on the M56 in Warrington, 14 September 1985
48 m awayRef 1985075M10498
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Asx
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- 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 2018078008455 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.