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A6 crash in Manchester on 3 December 1997 at 16:35 involving an Audi 100

An Audi 100 hit two pedestrians on the A6 in Manchester at 16:35 on Wednesday 3 December 1997. A 30-year-old female pedestrian and an 8-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 16:35
Vehicles
1
Audi 100
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44846, longitude -2.19209, in the M19 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
199706C218997
Council area
Manchester
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 slight injury crash on 23 April 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi 100

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    2,144 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi 100)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi 100)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199706C218997 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.