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B5218 crash in Trafford on 20 January 1991 at 21:40 involving a Skoda 120

A Skoda 120 hit a pedestrian on the B5218 in Trafford at 21:40 on Sunday 20 January 1991. The 74-year-old male driver and a 14-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jan 1991
Sunday, 21:40
Vehicles
1
Skoda 120
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46226, longitude -2.25902, in the M16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Old Trafford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199106M020591
Council area
Trafford
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5218
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda 120

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,174 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda 120)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda 120)

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

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 199106M020591 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Trafford road accident statistics for 1991.