A49 crash in Warrington on 20 July 2023 at 08:30 involving a Peugeot 3008
A Peugeot 3008 and a Lexmoto Aura motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A49 in Warrington at 08:30 on Thursday 20 July 2023. The male rider of the Lexmoto Aura motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jul 2023
- Thursday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 3008 and Lexmoto Aura
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40875, longitude -2.5958, in the WA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warrington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Orford, Warrington, WA2 9PE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Warrington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023070656235
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 49
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2003.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A49 in Warrington, 6 August 2003
10 m awayRef 2003070304658
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A49 in Warrington, 28 February 1992
11 m awayRef 1992072B20244
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A49 in Warrington, 17 December 2007
15 m awayRef 2007070421012
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A49 in Warrington, 8 June 1999
15 m awayRef 1999079B20806
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A49 in Warrington, 18 November 2008
15 m awayRef 2008070350224
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in Warrington, 29 December 2001
15 m awayRef 2001070107538
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Lexmoto Aura
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Lexmoto Aura)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2023070656235 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warrington road accident statistics for 2023.