A5078 crash in Cheshire East on 26 October 2020 at 15:28 involving a Peugeot 2008
A Peugeot 2008 and a Toyota Aygo were involved in a crash on the A5078 in Cheshire East at 15:28 on Monday 26 October 2020. The 92-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 2008, the 50-year-old female driver of the Toyota Aygo and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Aygo 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
- 26 Oct 2020
- Monday, 15:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 2008 and Toyota Aygo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.09787, longitude -2.45268, in the CW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crewe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crewe Central, Cheshire East, CW1 3DT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020070649248
- Council area
- Cheshire East
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5078
- 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
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2020.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A5078 in Cheshire East, 12 June 2020
2 m awayRef 2020070347855
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A5078 in Cheshire East, 23 May 2008
39 m awayRef 2008070152789
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A5078 in Cheshire East, 11 July 2024
60 m awayRef 2024070607765
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire East, 2 December 2008
87 m awayRef 2008070364964
Slight
Car crash on the A5078 in Cheshire East, 15 February 2008
104 m awayRef 2008070046836
Slight
Minibus crash on the A5078 in Cheshire East, 30 October 2007
117 m awayRef 2007070367675
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 2008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 92 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 92, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 2008)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020070649248 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.