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A557 crash in Halton on 10 September 2020 at 20:42 involving a Jaguar XE Series

A Jaguar XE Series and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A557 in Halton at 20:42 on Thursday 10 September 2020. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Jaguar XE Series and the 31-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Sep 2020
Thursday, 20:42
Vehicles
2
Jaguar XE Series and Audi A3
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.36073, longitude -2.72607, 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
2020070547925
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
557
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
562

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 June 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Jaguar XE Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    West
    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
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar XE Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2020070547925 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.