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A534 crash in Cheshire East on 21 February 2020 at 18:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Ka+ were involved in a crash on the A534 in Cheshire East at 18:00 on Friday 21 February 2020. The 26-year-old female driver of the Ford Ka+ and the 56-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Feb 2020
Friday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Ka+
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.16438, longitude -2.23126, 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 4LG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020070111602
Council area
Cheshire East
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
534
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Fine with 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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Ka+

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Ka+)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2020070111602 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 2020.