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A665 crash in Bury on 25 December 1979 at 13:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A665 in Bury at 13:45 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 1979
Tuesday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53683, longitude -2.27608, in the M25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Prestwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Bury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197906N002017
Council area
Bury
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
665
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 197906N002017 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bury road accident statistics for 1979.