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Serious A50 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 13 November 2024 at 16:49 involving a Ford Puma

A Ford Puma, a Vauxhall Insignia and a Vauxhall Mokka were involved in a crash on the A50 in Cheshire West and Chester at 16:49 on Wednesday 13 November 2024. A 71-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Insignia was seriously injured and the 77-year-old male driver of the Ford Puma and the 76-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Nov 2024
Wednesday, 16:49
Vehicles
3
Ford Puma and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22871, longitude -2.38196, in the CW4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dane Valley, Cheshire East, CW4 8HN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024070963469
Council area
Cheshire West and Chester
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
50
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 6 January 2024.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Puma

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Mokka

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Over 100 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Puma)

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

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2024070963469 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheshire West and Chester road accident statistics for 2024.