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Unclassified road crash in Salford M30 on 6 October 1979 at 16:35 involving a van

A van hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Salford at 16:35 on Saturday 6 October 1979. A 52-year-old female pedestrian and a 62-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 10 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Oct 1979
Saturday, 16:35
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4899, longitude -2.34962, in the M30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eccles.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197906F002200
Council area
Salford
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
10 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 197906F002200 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Salford road accident statistics for 1979.