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Serious A536 crash in Cheshire East on 24 January 2024 at 14:06 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and an Audi A1 were involved in a crash on the A536 in Cheshire East at 14:06 on Wednesday 24 January 2024. The 33-year-old female driver of the Audi A1 was seriously injured and the 55-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and a male passenger aged under 1 in the Audi A1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jan 2024
Wednesday, 14:06
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Audi A1
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.186, longitude -2.19697, in the CW12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024070109779
Council area
Cheshire East
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
536
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 July 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A1)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A1)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

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 2024070109779 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 2024.