A535 crash in Cheshire East on 5 December 2021 at 11:30 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A535 in Cheshire East at 11:30 on Sunday 5 December 2021. The 34-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2021
- Sunday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.16345, longitude -2.25103, in the CW12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Congleton.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021070842802
- Council area
- Cheshire East
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 535
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 February 2017.
Serious
Van crash on the A534 in Cheshire East, 10 February 2017
6 m awayRef 2017077042060
Slight
Car crash on the A534 in Cheshire East, 3 March 1985
98 m awayRef 1985075B20291
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A534 in Cheshire East, 29 June 1991
98 m awayRef 1991071C11160
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A534 in Cheshire East, 29 April 1987
98 m awayRef 1987077B20524
Serious
Volvo S40 crash on the A534 in Cheshire East, 6 October 2014
100 m awayRef 2014074296739
Slight
Car crash on the A534 in Cheshire East, 19 December 1980
126 m awayRef 1980070B21864
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2021070842802 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 2021.