Serious A54 crash in Cheshire East on 26 October 2019 at 15:57 involving a Hyundai i10
A Hyundai i10 and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A54 in Cheshire East at 15:57 on Saturday 26 October 2019. There were five casualties: three people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Oct 2019
- Saturday, 15:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai i10 and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 5
- 3 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17236, longitude -2.26376, in the CW12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019070623303
- Council area
- Cheshire East
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 54
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 May 1992.
Serious
Kawasaki AR125 crash on the A54 in Cheshire East, 23 May 1992
9 m awayRef 1992072C30908
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A54 in Cheshire East, 29 April 1998
48 m awayRef 1998078A40713
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A54 in Cheshire East, 26 August 2025
51 m awayRef 2025070706192
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A54 in Cheshire East, 27 June 2014
55 m awayRef 2014074185248
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A54 in Cheshire East, 3 April 1984
58 m awayRef 1984074B20424
Slight
Car crash on the A54 in Cheshire East, 30 December 1984
58 m awayRef 1984074B21862
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i10
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i10)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i10)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i10)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i10)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i10)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019070623303 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire East road accident statistics for 2019.