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A572 crash in Salford on 6 March 1995 at 17:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Nissan Bluebird were involved in a crash on the A572 in Salford at 17:00 on Monday 6 March 1995. The 51-year-old male driver of the Nissan Bluebird, a 68-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Bluebird and an 8-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Bluebird were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Mar 1995
Monday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50423, longitude -2.36482, in the M28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swinton.

Map of where the crash happened in Salford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199506F262995
Council area
Salford
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
572
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 October 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Bluebird)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Bluebird)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Bluebird)

    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 199506F262995 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 1995.