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A557 crash in Halton on 8 January 2022 at 16:10 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A557 in Halton at 16:10 on Saturday 8 January 2022. A 6-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jan 2022
Saturday, 16:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35698, longitude -2.73252, in the WA8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central & West Bank, Halton, WA8 0WS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Halton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022070017925
Council area
Halton
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
557
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
A
Second road number
553

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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2022070017925 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 2022.