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Serious A555 crash in Stockport on 9 October 2023 at 21:00 involving a Ford B-Max

A Ford B-Max crashed on the A555 in Stockport at 21:00 on Monday 9 October 2023. The 86-year-old male driver was seriously injured and an 80-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Oct 2023
Monday, 21:00
Vehicles
1
Ford B-Max
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.3572, longitude -2.21337, in the SK9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Handforth, Cheshire East, SK9 3JL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stockport

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023060985258
Council area
Stockport
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
555
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford B-Max

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    86 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford B-Max)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford B-Max)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2023060985258 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stockport road accident statistics for 2023.