B5419 crash in Halton on 5 March 2020 at 18:16 involving a Volvo XC60
A Volvo XC60 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B5419 in Halton at 18:16 on Thursday 5 March 2020. The 26-year-old male driver of the Volvo XC60 and a 27-year-old male passenger in the Volvo XC60 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Mar 2020
- Thursday, 18:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo XC60 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37048, longitude -2.73265, in the WA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Widnes. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central & West Bank, Halton, WA8 6GD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Halton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020070148984
- Council area
- Halton
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5419
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5178
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 2015.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B5419 in Halton, 15 July 2015
5 m awayRef 2015075205066
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B5419 in Halton, 23 April 2005
6 m awayRef 2005070501771
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B5419 in Halton, 29 August 2006
6 m awayRef 2006070603455
Serious
Ford Granada crash on the B5178 in Halton, 1 February 1997
6 m awayRef 1997077B10145
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B5419 in Halton, 6 December 1996
6 m awayRef 1996076B11853
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the B5178 in Halton, 9 January 2017
9 m awayRef 2017077008499
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo XC60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
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
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo XC60)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo XC60)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2020070148984 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Halton road accident statistics for 2020.