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A6042 crash in Manchester on 29 August 1997 at 08:45 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series, a Vauxhall Vectra and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on the A6042 in Manchester at 08:45 on Friday 29 August 1997. The 37-year-old female driver of the Nissan Sunny was 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
29 Aug 1997
Friday, 08:45
Vehicles
3
Rover 400 Series and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48972, longitude -2.24186, in the M4 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
199706A090597
Council area
Manchester
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6042
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
665

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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2018.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan Sunny)

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 199706A090597 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 1997.