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A560 crash in Manchester on 4 September 1994 at 15:00 involving a Vauxhall Carlton

A Vauxhall Carlton and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A560 in Manchester at 15:00 on Sunday 4 September 1994. An 80-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Sep 1994
Sunday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Carlton and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40106, longitude -2.29475, in the M23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wythenshawe.

Map of where the crash happened in Manchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199406D097494
Council area
Manchester
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
560
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
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 24 April 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199406D097494 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.