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Serious unclassified road crash in Salford M28 on 5 May 1994 at 08:30 involving an Austin Maestro van

An Austin Maestro van and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Salford at 08:30 on Thursday 5 May 1994. The 33-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 May 1994
Thursday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Austin Maestro and Kawasaki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52573, longitude -2.38763, in the M28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walkden.

Map of where the crash happened in Salford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199406F074494
Council area
Salford
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
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 47 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

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 199406F074494 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Salford road accident statistics for 1994.