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M6 crash in Warrington on 9 December 2020 at 15:49 involving a Toyota Yaris

A Toyota Yaris crashed on the M6 in Warrington at 15:49 on Wednesday 9 December 2020. The 28-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Dec 2020
Wednesday, 15:49
Vehicles
1
Toyota Yaris
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35749, longitude -2.50579, in the WA13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lymm. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lymm South, Warrington, WA13 0SP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Warrington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020070748151
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)

    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 2020070748151 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warrington road accident statistics for 2020.