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A54 crash in Cheshire East on 26 September 2025 at 11:12 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Honda NT motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A54 in Cheshire East at 11:12 on Friday 26 September 2025. The 68-year-old male rider of the Honda NT motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Sep 2025
Friday, 11:12
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Honda NT
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17024, longitude -2.19747, in the CW12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Congleton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Congleton West, Cheshire East, CW12 1PH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire East

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025070794854
Council area
Cheshire East
Police force
Cheshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
54
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

  • Vehicle 2: Honda NT

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,084 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda NT)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 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 2025070794854 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 2025.