A41 crash in Cheshire West and Chester on 3 November 2025 at 17:25 involving a BMW 2 Series
A BMW 2 Series and a Renault Trafic van were involved in a crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester at 17:25 on Monday 3 November 2025. The 20-year-old male driver of the BMW 2 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Monday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 2 Series and Renault Trafic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.28599, longitude -2.94722, in the CH66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ellesmere Port. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton Villages, Cheshire West and Chester, CH66 3SG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheshire West and Chester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025070902187
- 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
- 41
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5463
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 April 2014.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5463 in Cheshire West and Chester, 12 April 2014
4 m awayRef 2014074101780
Slight
Vauxhall Adam crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 1 September 2019
4 m awayRef 2019070492517
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 24 November 2017
6 m awayRef 2017077379807
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 25 November 2015
6 m awayRef 2015075352071
Slight
Daewoo Matiz crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 20 July 2007
7 m awayRef 2007070239692
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 4 December 1997
7 m awayRef 1997077A21961
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 2 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 2 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025070902187 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 2025.