B5078 crash in Cheshire East on 4 August 2023 at 17:00 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo and a Yamaha Tenere motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B5078 in Cheshire East at 17:00 on Friday 4 August 2023. The 60-year-old male rider of the Yamaha Tenere motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Aug 2023
- Friday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Aygo and Yamaha Tenere
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.09978, longitude -2.31211, in the ST7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Alsager. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alsager, Cheshire East, ST7 2AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023070711600
- Council area
- Cheshire East
- Police force
- Cheshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5078
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2023.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5078 in Cheshire East, 25 October 2023
4 m awayRef 2023071053235
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire East, 24 June 2014
6 m awayRef 2014074181620
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B5078 in Cheshire East, 14 March 1997
7 m awayRef 1997077C30421
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B5078 in Cheshire East, 29 January 2005
7 m awayRef 2005070500480
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire East, 12 February 2003
11 m awayRef 2003070300872
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire East, 22 April 1983
13 m awayRef 1983073B20534
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha Tenere
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 689 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 60, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha Tenere)
- 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 2023070711600 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 2023.