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A530 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 22 September 2021 at 00:03 involving a Ford Transit Connect van

A Ford Transit Connect van and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A530 in Cheshire West and Chester at 00:03 on Wednesday 22 September 2021. A 27-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit Connect van and the 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Connect van were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Sep 2021
Wednesday, 00:03
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit Connect and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.25356, longitude -2.47497, in the CW9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rudheath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rudheath, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 7TQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021070658909
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
530
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
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
26%
Estimated chance it was slight
74%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 68 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Connect)

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

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Connect)

    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 2021070658909 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire West and Chester road accident statistics for 2021.