Serious B5225 crash in Manchester on 29 December 1988 at 12:10 involving a car

A car and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the B5225 in Manchester at 12:10 on Thursday 29 December 1988. The 18-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 29 Dec 1988; Thursday, 12:10
Vehicles: 2; Car and motor scooter
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198806A152088
Council area: Manchester
Police force: Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 5225
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: B
Second road number: 5225

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
32 years
Vehicle 2: Motor scooter
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Serious
Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 198806A152088 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Manchester road accident statistics for 1988.