Unclassified road crash in Cheshire East CW12 on 25 December 2019 at 13:48 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire East at 13:48 on Wednesday 25 December 2019. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2019
- Wednesday, 13:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.16395, longitude -2.21744, in the CW12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Congleton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Congleton West, Cheshire East, CW12 1FR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019070753085
- Council area
- Cheshire East
- 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
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 1999.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire East, 1 December 1999
1 m awayRef 1999070000457
Slight
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire East, 5 October 2007
1 m awayRef 2007070337248
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire East, 13 October 2005
9 m awayRef 2005070504574
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire East, 25 July 1997
9 m awayRef 1997077A41278
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire East, 3 September 2006
10 m awayRef 2006070603544
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire East, 11 February 2006
10 m awayRef 2006070600672
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019070753085 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.