Serious A558 crash in Halton on 26 November 2021 at 09:41 involving a Volvo XC90
A Volvo XC90, a BMW 3 Series and a Volkswagen T-Roc were involved in a crash on the A558 in Halton at 09:41 on Friday 26 November 2021. The 66-year-old male driver of the Volvo XC90 and the 48-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series were seriously injured and a 24-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Nov 2021
- Friday, 09:41
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volvo XC90 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34925, longitude -2.65662, in the WA7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Halton
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021070821323
- Council area
- Halton
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 558
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 2003.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A558 in Halton, 9 April 2003
9 m awayRef 2003070301961
Serious
Aprilia SR 50 crash on the A558 in Halton, 20 August 2009
9 m awayRef 2009070265286
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A558 in Halton, 29 October 2005
14 m awayRef 2005070505062
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A558 in Halton, 28 January 2010
18 m awayRef 2010070026805
Slight
DAF Trucks FTG 95XF crash on the A558 in Halton, 19 September 2007
35 m awayRef 2007070316732
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A533 in Halton, 2 October 2000
44 m awayRef 2000070011619
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Central island of roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen T-Roc
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo XC90)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- 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 2021070821323 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 2021.