Two people were trapped after a road traffic collision involving three vehicles on the Alderley Edge bypass near to Chelford Road.
Five people were involved in the crash which occurred at around 11.40pm on Sunday, 21st September. A blue Ford Fiesta was in collision with a red Mercedes and a white Seat Leon.
One fire engine from Wilmslow, one from Cheadle, and one from Wythenshawe attended the accident which left one casualty medically trapped and a second casualty physically trapped. Hydraulic cutting equipment was used to free the casualties who were handed into the care of paramedics.
The driver of the Mercedes was trapped in his car for approximately two and a half hours before being removed and taken to Wythenshaw hospital with suspected broken ankles.
The Alderley Edge bypass was closed for approximately six hours following the accident and two other people were also taken to hospital.
Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident or any events leading up to it to call them on 101 quoting incident 1024 of the 21 September 2014.
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I don't want to sound "smug" but I told you so, and this will continue to happen !
The road is treated as a "race-track".
Maybe the local constabulary and HSE could review the road markings, lighting conditions to assist safe public usage ?.... food for thought.
Serious injury accidents:
6th July 2011: car collided with another car whilst overtaking near to the roundabout at the Wilmslow end. Both drivers seriously injured.
18th November 2013: two bicycles collided head-on on the cycle path at the cycleway junction near the Brook Lane bridge. Both cyclists seriously injured.
One fatal accident - previously reported on this site:
16th September 2013: car skidded whilst going south at the Brook Lane bridge and hit another car. Driver and front seat passenger of one car seriously injured. Rear seat passenger killed. Driver of the other car seriously injured.
In all three cases, the accident occured in daylight.
Whilst two bad accidents involving cars is 2 too many - the accident record so far is quite a bit better than that of, say, the A34 south to Congleton.
The road has short straights then almost immediately obscured by blind bends or dips.
It appears to frustrate and satisfy in equal measure.
It's important to do a counter-factual analysis... i.e. What if the bypass had not been built ?
In the 3-years before the bypass opened - from 2008 to 2010 inclusive - there were 6 serious injury collisions and 3 fatal collisions on the former A34 (doesn't include any accidents on side roads where they were entering onto the A34 either).
I'll have a look for the accident record through Alderley & Nether Alderley since the bypass opened - although it'll take a bit of time as I've got to search through several different road numbers
If members of the public think that a road is dangerous and want to lobby for measures to improve the safety of a road - the KSI stats are the starting point.
Since I was the Councillor who got this bypass built - in the face of opposition from AEPC - I take a keen interest in all matters surrounding it.
It might be worth pointing out that if the original predictions of traffic flow were more or less correct, then the bypass should have carried roughly 30 million vehicles by now - and at roughly 5km long, that's 150 million vehicle-km. It's unfortunate, but it's probably unrealistic to expect that not a single one of those drivers won't have made a mistake.
For traffic heading between Wilmslow and Holmes Chapel, the bypass then turning right at Monk's Heath (or Bollington Lane) is longer than the Rileys Lane route - but actually not by much. In quiet conditions, if you're able to do most of the bypass at 60 - then it will probably take less time than the Rileys Lane route - but it's fairly marginal. At 50 on the bypass it'll be no contest - the Rileys Lane route will be quicker every time.
For traffic heading between Wilmslow and Macclesfield, the shorter route is through the centre of Alderley village, then over past the Wizard. But depending on which bit of Macclesfield you're heading to - it's likely to be slightly quicker to use the bypass at 60 and head up the A537 from Monk's Heath. If you're forced to go slower on the bypass, more traffic will divert back to the Wizard route and head up through the village.
However, the route south you propose puts you past AESFG, a traffic clogging right turn to Ryleys Lane and then past Ryleys itself. Reducing traffic down this section, especially past the schools, was a primary reason for the bypass. Anything which increases traffic on this route would not gain favour.