Serious A49 crash in Warrington on 9 May 2019 at 20:52 involving a Hyundai i30
A Hyundai i30 and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A49 in Warrington at 20:52 on Thursday 9 May 2019. The 47-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i30 was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 May 2019
- Thursday, 20:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai i30 and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42958, longitude -2.5974, in the WA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burtonwood and Winwick, Warrington, WA2 8XP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019070232425
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 49
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2022.
Slight
Mini One crash on the A49 in Warrington, 21 April 2022
4 m awayRef 2022070273034
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A49 in Warrington, 8 April 1988
5 m awayRef 1988078D20514
Slight
Van crash on the A49 in Warrington, 11 July 1981
5 m awayRef 1981071D20865
Serious
Car crash on the A49 in Warrington, 2 December 1984
5 m awayRef 1984074D21656
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A49 in Warrington, 28 October 2011
5 m awayRef 2011070306597
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A573 in Warrington, 23 November 2003
5 m awayRef 2003070306735
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i30
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,582 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i30)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019070232425 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 2019.