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Serious A560 crash in Tameside on 26 February 1994 at 18:30 involving a Fiat Panda

A Fiat Panda and a Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A560 in Tameside at 18:30 on Saturday 26 February 1994. The 29-year-old female driver of the Fiat Panda and the 30-year-old male rider of the Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter were seriously injured and a 21-year-old female passenger on the Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 1994
Saturday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Fiat Panda and Vespa (Douglas)
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45086, longitude -2.02405, in the SK14 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199406G024094
Council area
Tameside
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6174

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 27 October 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vespa (Douglas)

    Motor scooter

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Vespa (Douglas))

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Vespa (Douglas))

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 199406G024094 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tameside road accident statistics for 1994.