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Unclassified road crash in Manchester M12 on 28 December 1994 at 10:30 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry crashed on an unclassified road in Manchester at 10:30 on Wednesday 28 December 1994. The 31-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1994
Wednesday, 10:30
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47138, longitude -2.19279, in the M12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester.

Map of where the crash happened in Manchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199406C177094
Council area
Manchester
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 29 January 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (roof)
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    5,480 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

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 199406C177094 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 1994.