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Serious A56 crash in Warrington on 13 August 2023 at 10:40 involving a Peugeot 207

A Peugeot 207 crashed on the A56 in Warrington at 10:40 on Sunday 13 August 2023. The 30-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Aug 2023
Sunday, 10:40
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 207
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37054, longitude -2.44913, in the WA13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the High Legh, Cheshire East, WA13 0TW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Warrington

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023070747249
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
56
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Raining, 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 37 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2023070747249 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.