B5117 crash in Manchester on 23 July 1997 at 23:08 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A bicycle and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B5117 in Manchester at 23:08 on Wednesday 23 July 1997. The 33-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 1997
- Wednesday, 23:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46385, longitude -2.23132, in the M13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199706C096397
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5117
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2000.
Slight
Dennis crash on the B5117 in Manchester, 21 November 2000
At the same spotRef 200006C012799
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B5117 in Manchester, 18 December 1997
At the same spotRef 199706C234697
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the B5117 in Manchester, 9 October 2002
At the same spotRef 200206C020093
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the B5117 in Manchester, 27 January 2013
10 m awayRef 201306E069826
Slight
Volvo crash on the B5117 in Manchester, 14 July 1998
14 m awayRef 199806C421698
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the B5117 in Manchester, 8 July 2023
18 m awayRef 2023061330182
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 33, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 199706C096397 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.